Re: Books reading recommendation request

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Neil Jones <castellan2004-cnews@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> 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 for this short list.  I will check them out.

Hector Hugh Monroe (better known as `Saki') is a little like Wodehouse --
particularly in that they both used recurring characters: as Wodehouse
gave us Bertie Wooster and Psmith, so with Saki we had Reginald and
Clovis -- and used to be very popular, though he isn't so widely read
these days, for whatever reason.  I think Penguin possibly does a good
compendium of his works.

My favourite Saki quote has always been:

  The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as good cooks go, she went.

I forget which story it's from; probably one of the Reginald ones.

Wikipedia has some quite useful lists of things; have you looked on there?

b.

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