Re: Books reading recommendation request

On Jul 29, 12:37 pm, Neil Jones <castellan2004-cn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I am interested in reading novels or books in general that are funny or
> comedy inclined.  The only funny author that I know is P.G. Wodehouse
> who makes fun of the mistakes of the rich.  Are there any other good
> authors or classic books that are funny?  Could anyone recommend such a
> list?
>
> Thank you in advance.

Like Wodehouse: Beerbohm's /Zuleika Dobson/?  Robertson Davies'
"Salterton" trilogy?  Dorothy Sayers (if you're willing to put up with
"detective interruptions")?  The Grossmiths' /Diary of a Nobody/?

But I don't laugh at written humor very much.  The only books that
have made me laugh at more than one place each (since I was a
teenager) are those of Spike Milligan's autobiography (which starts
with /Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall/) and those of Terry
Pratchett's Discworld series.  For the latter, you have to be able to
enjoy fantasy (not the same kind as Wodehouse's).  One of these days
I'm going to read Flann O'Brien.

Come to think of it, I've found several laughs each in some of Robert
Parker's Spenser novels, but they're primarily detective novels.

--
Jerry Friedman