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post #16 of 26
3/11/09 at 12:54pm
If you haven't read A Confederacy of Dunces, do it.
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post #17 of 26
3/11/09 at 1:07pm
the funniest book ever is Good Soldier Schweik
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post #18 of 26
3/11/09 at 1:08pm
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Originally Posted by Jekyll View Post
What it says. Post what you like and someone will recommend something. (Hopefully)


I'll start. I want something light and silly, but not stupid. Douglas Adams, P.G. Wodehouse, and Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller are the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Magnus Mills, The Restraint of Beasts.
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post #19 of 26
3/11/09 at 1:13pm
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I'd add Chabon's "Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" and "Yiddish Policemen Union". Both are really witty and entertaining.

Almost anything by Paul Auster, but a special mention for the "Music of Chance"

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post #20 of 26
3/11/09 at 3:40pm
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I'd add Chabon's "Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" and "Yiddish Policemen Union". Both are really witty and entertaining.

Almost anything by Paul Auster, but a special mention for the "Music of Chance"

+1 all good recommendations.
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post #21 of 26
3/11/09 at 8:34pm
I thoroughly enjoyed last year's Booker winner, The White Tiger, despite its many detractors.
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post #22 of 26
3/12/09 at 11:50am
If you've got anything for Samurai and feudal Japan, you must read "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa.
Wait, if you've got anything for that, you've prob read it already.
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post #23 of 26
3/12/09 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by Jekyll View Post
What it says. Post what you like and someone will recommend something. (Hopefully)


I'll start. I want something light and silly, but not stupid. .

Go with Nick Hornby.
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post #24 of 26
3/12/09 at 12:12pm
Lost Horizon by James Hilton - take a trip to Shangri-La!
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post #25 of 26
3/12/09 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by Sander View Post
If you've got anything for Samurai and feudal Japan, you must read "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa.
Wait, if you've got anything for that, you've prob read it already.

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post #26 of 26
3/30/09 at 3:46pm
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I thoroughly enjoyed last year's Booker winner, The White Tiger, despite its many detractors.

Detractor here Didn't like it.
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