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I know we have had many a book topic but herre is mine. I'm getting a book tomorrrrow, I have a few ideas. I'm looking forr something funny but not silly. I was thinking about The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien. If they don't have it I'm not orrderring it, I wonderring if you could suggest something along the same lines in that event. |
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Life After God - Douglas Coupland. a collection of short stories. very funny at times, quite tense at others. |
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Noted, thanks. |
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I know it's and obviouse pick, but Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. |
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alice in wonderland - louis carrol |
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not that its particularly amusing ! maybe ...the myth of sysiphus - albert camus ..mmmh i havent read many funny books |
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It's fucking scarry, I've rread it. |
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anu_presley,you mean the myth of sysiphus? i find it amazing!! but its an essai not a story,philosophy.......... as for alice in wonderland, well lets just say it aint disney! |
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good call! and it is funny! |
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lucky jim by kinglsey amis. |
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Thank you fellas |
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glad you also found it fun(ny) qrter....yeah....lets say it IS funny. the funniest book i read now that i think of is: douglas pledger - breaking hearts available at warpmart (50 copies apparently) |
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I managed to get The Third Policeman, and of the books you listed it was the only one they did have oddly. |
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bill drummond ex-klf is an amzing writer. look for his (sort of) autobiography "45" or another book you might find funnier co-written with mark manning (zodiac mindwarp) called "bad wisdom" which is about a journey they made to the north pole to sacrifice an elvis icon. |
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i just started reading "the art of dreaming" by carlos castaneda.. i know it's not funny, but it's a damn interesting, thought-provoking read.. |
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try some marquis de sade, you'll laugh your ass off.. of wait, perhaps not :\ (he was the 18th certury dude where 'sadism' was named after) |
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michael moore - stupid white men |
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hitchiker's guide to the galaxy |
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Kallocain by Karin Boye But I doubt it's been translated to english, hopefully it has. It's like "1984" and written at the same time, but with another theme - much more sensual in a way. |
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Wow I found it at amazon... |
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one of the funnier books i have read was a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl called Switch Bitch....if you remember The Witches, or The BFG or other marvelous classics fondly, try his more 'adult oriented' literature! |
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You know I might just get that. I rrememberr my mams frriend lending me a ton of Roald Dahl books and I rread them in no time, fucking grreat. http://www.roalddahl.com/index3.htm haha, oh the fun. |
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seriously you should get it, i have 'kiss kiss' and 'switch bitch' too, brilliant stories and very enjoyable to read many people think of his children stories when you mention roald dahl, but this is something else i'd get them (if i didn't already have'em :) ) |
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Try any of the moomin books by tove jannson. They're not "funny" as such, psychedelic, quite dark sometimes but comforting at the same time. They shit all over the tv cartoons (very) loosely based on them. |
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I've just finished the firrst chapterr of The Third Policeman, fucking grreat. |
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Read some Carlos Fuentes. The Death of Artemio Cruz and The Crystal Frontier are good novels. |
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