Ep 72: Books that Make You Laugh!

Jun 20, 2010 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 72: Books That Make You Laugh!
Recorded 6 June  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Donny

Synopsis:

What are the books that make the babblers break into a smile?  Perhaps even outright laughter?(Although it must be said that would look weird.  Good for clearing a space for you in public transports, though).  Anyway, babblers list out some interesting picks here, and in true Bookbabble style, a most varied and eclectic mix indeed.  Not just funny books, mind you, but satirical and cynical yet darkly humorous works are also covered.  Plus, critically-acclaimed poet who’s actually crap, and Marcel goes postal.  “Some people shouldn’t be allowed to write!”, he wails. 

(Photo Credit: Christopher Moore from Seattle P-I)

Show Length: 1:09:47

Show Notes:

• Shakespeare
• Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald
• David Sedaris
• Jon Stewart, America the Book, Naked Pictures of Famous People
• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Neil Gaiman
• Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan saga
• Janet Evanovich
• Samuel Beckett
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
• PG Wodehouse, Jeeves and Wooster Stories
• Dorothy Parker’s interior monologues
• Gargantua and Pantagruel, Francois Rabelais
• Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy
• JP Donleavy, "The Ginger Man"
• Lars Saabye Christense The jealous hairdresser/barber
• Hanif Kureishi
• Lars Saabye Christensen
• Eoin Colfer – Hitchhiker’s sequel
• Against The Day, Thomas Pynchon
• Will Self
• Quantity Theory of Insanity
• Gabriel Chevallier
• http://www.amazon.com/Scandals-Clochemerle-Gabriel-Chevallier/dp/1416569766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275841439&sr=1-1
• Tova Reich
• The Jewish War
• Villy Sørensen:
• http://www.amazon.com/Harmless-Tales-Villy-Sorensen/dp/1870041151/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275841868&sr=1-3
• Cynthia Ozick
• My Holocaust
• http://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-You-Dr-Kevorkian/dp/0743422007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275842158&sr=8-1
• The Liar, Stephen Fry
• Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry
• The Gunseller, Hugh Laurie
• The Stars’ Tennis Balls
• http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Less-Travelled-Unlocking-Within/dp/1592403115/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275843236&sr=8-8
• Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
• Joe Dunthorne
• Heather Phillipson
• http://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-40-passions-and-obsessions/poems/james-grieve/
• http://www.penpushermagazine.co.uk/magazine/extracts/article/284/
• John Barth
• Donald Barthelme
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot-weed_factor
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/17/fiction.reviews1

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