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What makes a book funny? Anybody got some black / gallows humour
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2016-03-05 19:06:36 Post No. 7777360
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:06:36 Post No. 7777360 [Report]
What makes a book funny?

Anybody got some black / gallows humour recommendations?

Pratchet hits the mark so well imo.
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:26:17 Post No.7777428
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:26:17 Post No.7777428 [Report]
pinecone
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:37:06 Post No.7777461
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:37:06 Post No.7777461 [Report]
White Noise
Under the Net
Infinite Jest
As I Lay Dying
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:40:22 Post No.7777472
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:40:22 Post No.7777472 [Report]
>>7777360
saki
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:41:31 Post No.7777475
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:41:31 Post No.7777475 [Report]
>>7777360
Tragedy + Time
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:45:09 Post No.7777492
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:45:09 Post No.7777492 [Report]
>>7777472
This, also Ambrose Bierce.
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:56:48 Post No.7777545
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 19:56:48 Post No.7777545 [Report]
>>7777360
any beckett
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 20:42:20 Post No.7777711
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>>7777428
>pinecone
Literally
>>7777461
I'll check these out
>>7777472
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki
This guy?
>>7777475
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_%2B_Time
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>>7777545
Anything in particular?
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 20:48:30 Post No.7777737
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 20:48:30 Post No.7777737 [Report]
i hate normies but i hate weebs too
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 20:53:56 Post No.7777798
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wew
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:29:08 Post No.7778119
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:29:08 Post No.7778119 [Report]
>>7777711
hey thats boston ! i know this because of tony hawks games
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:30:42 Post No.7778124
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:30:42 Post No.7778124 [Report]
Poop jokes.

It worked for Aristophanes.

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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:31:23 Post No.7778129
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:31:23 Post No.7778129 [Report]
>>7777428
I completely disagree with this. Pynchon writes dark books but the humor is always really light and silly, and not even in some ironic way that makes the dark darker. There's very little cynicism in his humor.
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:36:26 Post No.7778141
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:36:26 Post No.7778141 [Report]
>>7777360
Hawkes never fails to crack me up. But his humor is an acquired taste.
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:37:34 Post No.7778145
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:37:34 Post No.7778145 [Report]
>>7777360
>dark humour
Candide.
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:40:08 Post No.7778152
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:40:08 Post No.7778152 [Report]
>>7778129
The Brigadier Pudding Katje scene had some dark humor in it.
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:47:26 Post No.7778175
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 22:47:26 Post No.7778175 [Report]
>>7778119
The sad part is that particular picture is near the homeless/addict veterans center.

t. former driver of old and sick in boston
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