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Hey anon, first time poster on this board.

I'm looking for some more hilarious books. After the most prolific writer left the Simpsons, Swartzwelder started writing absurdist fiction novels mostly about this Frank Burly character. They've been hilarious so far, but I've read 6 of them so far and I'm ready to move on to some other authors.

What are some of the funniest books you can recommend? I'm looking for some good comedic writing.
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>>8107560

I'm an american and I don't know anything about New Orleans. Although I did thoroughly enjoy King of the Hill and I though I knew nothing about Texas. That sounds funny.
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It is, is better if you know something about New Orleans but is pretty enjoyable in it own.

Also this one.
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>>8107547
>The hero of The Time Machine Did It is a stupid overweight detective named Frank Burly.
>>8107560
>The hero of A Confederacy of Dunces It is a stupid overweight NEET named Ignatius J. Reilly.
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>The hero of The Good Soldier Schweik is a stupid overweight retard/trickster named Josef Svejk.
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>>8108419

>camus

>bukowski

>name dropped in 1 sentence

>gun to head

hmm would i read this or a western canon classic, i wonder.

>>8108322

to be fair svejk gets laid in the book by a pretty dame, and is quite smart.
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>>8108515
It's actually really good. The quote is however quite cringe inducing.
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>>8108515
>canon
heheh
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>>8107547
Tao Lin on a Tricycle

Worth every penny. All 99 of them.
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I know a lot of you guys do not like it, but I think it's pretty funny.
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Really anything by Flann O'Brien, but this one is an especially pretty pancake
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>>8109786
>hurr he was dead the whole time!
kys
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Max Beerbohm, Evelyn Waugh, P.G. Wodehouse, Saki, Kingsley Amis, Tom Sharpe, George MacDonald Fraser, John Mortimer, Stella Gibbons, David Lodge, James Thurber, Joseph Heller, Peter de Vries, George and Weedon Grossmith, Jerome K. Jerome, Ambrose Bierce, S.J. Perelman, Flann O'Brien, JP Donleavy, Ring Lardner, Richard Russo, Roy Lewis, Malcolm Bradbury, Laurence Sterne.
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