>>7415942
Anything by Kafka
Sirens of Titan
>>7415942
The Stranger- Albert Camus
>>7415948
Never read Vonnegut, is that book a good start?
>>7415942
Azazel by Asimov
portnoy's complaint
What's the name of that guy with the wonky prose? His writing racks me up.
Obvious answer but A Confederacy of Dunces
>>7415942
Truly funny book, friend: funnier than the funniest parts of Gravity's Rainbow.
American Psycho
I was in tears multiple times while reading it, it's so bizarre and the way it's written just makes it better.
>Date offers to pay for lunch and he begins to have a seizure
>>7415993
>>7415997
I've thought about picking it up but I was reluctant by the criticism. What should I expect from it, negatively?
>>7415993
JR is even better.
>>7416010
Its pretty much 380 pages of hysterical satirical dinner conversations and 19 pages of some of the most horrifying violence in an english novel.
>>7416010
The whole idea is how he monotonously describes both mundane high-society shit and gruesome murder in the exact same way. Most of the criticism comes from the brutal violence, but I feel that that's necessary because he describes everything with the exact same tone he describes his wardrobe and dinner reservations. Drives home the idea of consumerism turning people into psychos.
>>7416010
Everyone is introduced with paragraph-long descriptions of what they are wearing throughout the entire book, there are several chapters which consist solely of mind-numbing music reviews, and the grotesque details of the violence are bar none the hardest and most disgusting things I've ever read.
That's all either part of the charm if you're reading it right though
>>7415997
agreed. some of the scenes are just too good
>>7415990
Came here to post this
Also I guess Catch 22 but idk what /lit/ thinks about it
![23966[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WbV8l4c.jpg "23966[1].jpg")
Filth- Irvine Welsh
I know it's a pleb answer, but you can't deny the hilarity of some scenes in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
>>7416075
Heard it wasn't as good as the movie because it wasn't as psychological.
>>7416080
Movie's complete shit compared to the book. It butchers the story. Replaces murdered black with asian, and does a horrible job of incorporating the tapeworm.
>>7416080
I hope this is bait
>>7416085
Is it poignant in any way? Cause I thought the movie was in a weird way.
>>7416097
Yeah, but even more. I was laughing the whole way through then i cried in the end. It goes from Dark Comedy to depraved tragedy in the end. the Book ending is way more depraved than the movie, too. The Movie was way more PC than the book. SJWs wouldn't let it be made if it was written with the same subject matter and language as the book.
>>7416078
I don't think I laughed once reading this book. There's no craft to the "comedy", its just random nonsense, which isnt funny
>>7416113
42 isn't funny?
>>7416113
It came out just in the beginning of the political correctness craze, and is a satirical look at how Scotsman transition, as well as a satire on modern stupidity. Welsh is funny because he's an asshole and doesn't give a shit whom he offends.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=8juCWpF6wroC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=filth+irvine+welsh+radio+quiz&source=bl&ots=hTweFFXVUH&sig=CLVY8c6YmYKbnfRl7SETNghfk9Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLqszn7r7JAhWKlh4KHQmBAeQQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=filth%20irvine%20welsh%20radio%20quiz&f=false
>>7416097
The Scottish dialect her writes in is tricky at first, but is pretty simple once you get used to it.
Well, that's easy. Plenty of books are a barrell of laughs, but there's only one book whose fun never ends.
>>7415942
It's honestly brilliant
>>7415998
Is there something wrong, friend?
>>7415945
this
>>7416010
expect long lists of fashion designers and brands
and some pretty solid satire.
>>7415953
Cat's Cradle's a better start imo
Journey to the End of the Night
Story of the Eye desu senpai
>>7416236
fuck off with that cat
>>7416258
You fuck off
>>7416265
LTT trilogy
Quincas Borba, by Machado de Assis.
I was positively surprised by how funny it is.
>>7415945
>>7416198
>>7416288
The cat's name is Blini
>>7416317
i literally laugh out loud when i read the metamorphosis.
>>7416317
Have you read the trial? Do you remember the whipping chapter?
That guy is funny
This, by far.
Vonnegut a shit.
>>7416323
Blini is the name of pancakes....
On page 40 of The Crying of Lot 49 and it's pretty funny. First Pynchon and didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I am.
Although it can be a little frustrating at times, it's definitely worth reading if you haven't already.
>>7415997
>having a vision of Bono as Satan
>please insert a dead cat
>describing eating
>videotapes
>>7415953
It might be better appreciated if you've read some of his other stuff, like Slaughterhouse-Five which shares some themes. But it might be his most comical and over-the-top novel.
>>7415942
This may be a weird choice, but I laughed out loud at some parts of The Underground Man. And I almost never laugh out loud while reading.
>>7415990
easily this.
Dickens can be p funny too
>>7416343
>Bono gives him an almost painful erection
>"IT'S ARMANI YOU STUPID BITCH
The whole chapter in which he has a massive panic attack, downs 5 vials of crack and yells at some Jew for not giving him a thickshake because it's not kosher.
>>7415942
pic related, which I read recently, tbqh. The first chapter's "dynamic sentence"-offs, narration in general, and brilliant use of "niggardly" made me laugh like an idiot while reading.
This.
