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Old 11-13-2007, 05:13 PM   #21
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i am in need of a finding a humorous laugh out loud kind of book. preferrably something fiction, but i'm not picky. any suggestions?
Pure Drivel by Steve Martin is pretty good ... and hey he's a Mormon isn't he, so it should be ok with your book club
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:14 PM   #22
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How could I forget. The Depford Trilogy by Robertson Davies. The first of these, Fifth Business, is one of the best novels I've ever read. It's one of the all-time greats that will be read and loved in 100 years, and it's got a lot of very funny stuff. The Cornish trilogy is good too.
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These are the titles that crossed my mind but I was beaten to the punch in posting them.
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i am in need of a finding a humorous laugh out loud kind of book. preferrably something fiction, but i'm not picky. any suggestions?
The Tragedy of Pudd'Nhead Wilson
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

both by Twain.

Amazon has a collection of short stories by Twain that are great and some of them are laugh out loud funny, such as "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm". My kids love me to read that story to them, especially the two older kids.

Another great short story is The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry.
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How could I forget. The Depford Trilogy by Robertson Davies. The first of these, Fifth Business, is one of the best novels I've ever read. It's one of the all-time greats that will be read and loved in 100 years, and it's got a lot of very funny stuff. The Cornish trilogy is good too.
I read a few of Davies' books a few years ago and quite enjoyed them. It seems like he is rarely mentioned as a good recent writer; I wonder why that is? I have not read the titles SU mentions, but I would be surprised if they aren't good.
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I read a few of Davies' books a few years ago and quite enjoyed them. It seems like he is rarely mentioned as a good recent writer; I wonder why that is? I have not read the titles SU mentions, but I would be surprised if they aren't good.
I think it's anti-Canadian bigotry. Actually, I think he's plenty appreciated by the experts as one of the greats of the Twentieth Century. As for popular success, I continue to see his novels in various forms (the trilogies single bound and individual, etc.) at book stores though he's no Dan Brown and probaby never was. You really need to read Fifth Business. It's very funny, and just a great story. It ends dramtically and satisfyingly explosive, like the Godfather.
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