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best humour writers

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jadedsoul

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hi there.i would like to know who is everyones favourite humourist. i havent read too many books in this genre but my favourites are "the rotters club" by jonathan coe , "the world of simon raven" by simon raven and catch-22.

please do not mention p.g. wodehouse or s.j.perelman as i never found them too amusing (my apologies to the admirers of both these writers)

please mention the funniest (or comicly entertaining) books/novels u have read even if by little known authors.
by funny i do not mean just laugh out aloud stuff. any book/author that makes u feel light and lifts those blues
 
Roddy Doyle makes me laugh out loud. Edward St. Aubyn had a similar effect, although his stuff is a shade darker.
 
Heteronym said:
I'd recommend the short-stories by Saki.
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It sound interesting.Is it just Saki?

I love humour in writing but it alway get boring when it become a trade with a author.A simple exemple is Christopher Moore who wrote the Lamb that gave me really good laugh(read it twice) then reading other i got bored after the segond.That is also why i have a probleme with Pratchett(i know a lot of you loooove him)Sharpe,Woodhouse,...
There is a little piece i loved is "what we did to father"also named "the evolution man" by Roy Lewis a great book educating and hillarious-(The preface is by Theodore Mono the old man who walk the deserts)
 
David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs are two of the funniest writers that I can think of right now. They write nonfiction so if that's not what you're looking for . . .
 
I've had trouble laughing along with most of the written humorists, including many mentioned here. Haven't tried Saki. But there are two works for fun that absolutely knocked my socks off that I am glad to mention:

Why I Live at the P.O. - Eudora Welty

The Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers

These are entertaining in every sense of the word in my opinion.
 
It's certainly not highbrow literature by any stretch of the imagination but I have always enjoyed Patrick McManus but I think that's because it reminds me of hunting & fishing with my dad.

Also, I can't believe nobody mentioned Mark Twain yet. Political Economy always makes me laugh.
 
I can't think of any funny fictional writers. I find Bill Bryson's travel books extremely hilarious; he can inject humour into anything. :D
 
david eddigns belgariad isnt geard for humor,but it has some REAAAALLLLY funyn bits,my throat still hurts from some of them

although the classic comedy books are anthony horowitz's 'diamond brothers' books,they have the best comedy scenes in the world XD
 
David Lodge has a fine sense of humour, his books, especially Changing Places, really make you smile.I also enjoyed Zadie Smith's humour, especially in White Teeth, the book made me laugh and read some passages aloud to my friends.:)
 
Enya said:
David Lodge has a fine sense of humour, his books, especially Changing Places, really make you smile.I also enjoyed Zadie Smith's humour, especially in White Teeth, the book made me laugh and read some passages aloud to my friends.:)
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A good choice Enya.I also like Lodge,specialy a novel about a priest on an Hawai'ian vacations.White teeth is excellent.
 
I like John Irving's humor. I don't bust a gut laughing at his stories, but I chuckle more than average. Some endorsement, huh?

Regarding Roddy Doyle, what if I'm not Irish?
 
btw,the sequel to the belgariad,the mallereon,is great too,im still on the first one but its great,the politics are my favorate :DXD:DXD:DXD:DXD:D
 
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