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khyber · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Compunction Junction

I could have sworn there have been several threads regarding this topic but the search feature here at Dave's really sucks for me.

Anyways, I have just finished David Sedaris' new book "Dress your Family in Denim and Courdurouy". If you haven't read this man's books, they are absolutely fabulous. I'm not an obsessed fan or anything but his books are quite well written and very entertaining. And it's great to see the humour evolve slightly from book to book: just enough so that he doesn't seem like a one trick pony.
"me talk pretty one day" is also a fantastic book. And his first one i read "Barrel Fever" is also quite good. But "dress your family" and "me talk" are really great collections of short stories about how insane his family is/was. It's a great read.

i'm actually trying to find other humourists such as him. Not overly political; short story oriented; not too twisted but dark.
any have suggestions?

The Chewbacca Defense · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: The ROK and a hard place

A buddy of mine got me reading books by Kinky Friedman,.

Now I can't stop reading them! Very Happy

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

Author George R R Martin

His fantasy series Fire and Ice is one of best series I have ever read.

Game of Thrones
Storm of Swords

dont remember the name of one of them. The fourth book should be out sometime this year.

benharper · Joined: 23 Jun 2004

Chuck Palahniuk. He's the author of Fight Club (the Brad Pitt movie), but this is definitely not his best. Be sure to check out 'Survivior' and 'Choke'. Dark humour. Excellent reads.

www.chuckpalahniuk.net

canuckistan · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject:

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond if you're interested in anthropology

soviet_man · Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul

Andrea Dworkin

"Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant" (2002)

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham.

Possibly the best novel not titled The Brothers Karamazov.

Sparkles*_*

Koreabound2004 · Joined: 19 Nov 2003

Mitch Albom: The five people you meet in heaven

One I don't recommend: Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran(I have been reading it for months, still can't get through it, very boring read)

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

The Holy Bible.

~ God ~

Buff · Joined: 07 Apr 2004

everything is illuminated- jonathan safran foer

PolyChronic Time Girl · Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Location: Korea Exited

Tom Robbins:

Jitterbug Perfume
Skinny Legs and All
Still Life with Woodpecker
Fierce Invalids from Hot Climates

If you like religious and philosophical humour...this is it.....very brilliant writing (he creates the zaniest metaphors).

Of course, anything by Kurt Vonnegut is great too.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I found Sedaris was running out of good stories with his latest book. Many of the stories seemed quite short and nothing really laugh out loud funny like Me Talk Pretty. What Sedaris really needs to do is delve into some subcultures, like nudists or apple pickers, and bring his wit to bear.

If you can get WP Kinsella's Indian story collections, set on his Hobbema Reserve universe, it's great stuff.

Paji eh Wong · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" by Mark Haddon

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004