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Him With His Foot in His Mouth, by Saul Bellow.
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How could I forget. The Depford Trilogy by Robertson Davies. The first of these, Fifth Business, is one of the best novels I've ever read. It's one of the all-time greats that will be read and loved in 100 years, and it's got a lot of very funny stuff. The Cornish trilogy is good too.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court both by Twain. Amazon has a collection of short stories by Twain that are great and some of them are laugh out loud funny, such as "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm". My kids love me to read that story to them, especially the two older kids. Another great short story is The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry.
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I think it's anti-Canadian bigotry. Actually, I think he's plenty appreciated by the experts as one of the greats of the Twentieth Century. As for popular success, I continue to see his novels in various forms (the trilogies single bound and individual, etc.) at book stores though he's no Dan Brown and probaby never was. You really need to read Fifth Business. It's very funny, and just a great story. It ends dramtically and satisfyingly explosive, like the Godfather.
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Definitely go with Catch-22
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Dirty Jokes & Beer -- Drew Carey
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