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I'll second Three Men in A Boat and Augusts Carp. I have read and enjoyed both of them.
I would like to nominate The Silence of Colonel Bramble. (http://manybooks.net/titles/mauroisa...l_bramble.html) Andre Maurois served as a liaison officer with a British regiment during WWI and wrote this book based on his experiences. |
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06-24-2009, 02:33 PM | #18 |
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I'd like to second I am america an so can you By Stephen Colbert.
Truly an amusing book. |
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I'd like to second "The Silence of Colonel Bramble" - never heard of it before, but it sounds intriguing. |
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06-25-2009, 11:19 AM | #21 |
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I nominate ,"A Confederacy of Dunces" is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide. The book was published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a revealing foreword) and Toole's mother Thelma Toole, quickly becoming a cult classic, and later a mainstream success. Toole posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. It is an important part of the 'modern canon' of Southern literature.
The story is set in New Orleans in the early 1960s. The central character is Ignatius J. (Jacques) Reilly, an educated but slothful man still living with his mother at age 30 in the city's Uptown neighborhood, who, because of family circumstances, must set out to get a job. In his quest for employment he has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces nevermind can't find it in ebook format anymore Last edited by Fathermole; 06-25-2009 at 11:29 AM. |
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I'll third Three Men in a Boat.
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06-26-2009, 02:07 PM | #23 |
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All of the nominated books sound good to me. I'm in favor of a humorous (comedic?) book rather than something serious. And, something that's available in the MR library or other free download would be preferable to having to buy something -- well unless it's less than $1 and won't require format-shifting. I downloaded Thorne Smith's Night Life of the Gods a couple of months ago and intended to read it, but I'm up for a re-read of Topper if that's what the group decides.
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I completely agree with your assessment of this book: It's an important novel and has relevance to the Southern Gothic tradition in liteature. I would also like to see Barry Hannah's catalog made available. I'll PM you about another issue regarding contemporary modern literary fiction (in addition to postmodernist fiction), and the limited "understanding" of websites that have a fan-base catering mainly to genre fiction and the growing ebook industry. In fact, there have been reports that genre fiction is the main driving force of the ebook market. This is a matter for serious discussion and contemplation among a select few. However, my feeling is that once the ebook industry really takes off, that ebooks and the level of discussion (in general) will improve drastically as contemporary literary fiction is anyalzed, critiqued, and enjoyed. Cheers, Don |
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Yes. In my opinion, the best books of humor are those that elevate the Human Condition to one of laughter and reveal to us those elements that allow us to see connections with other people - loveliness, beauty, horror, and humor. (I'm making a distinction - as I hope you realize - between this kind of humor and the silly/stupid humor that I've been posting and which is available in other places.) Don |
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Come on people? Are we really going to poll with only three?
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06-28-2009, 11:26 AM | #28 |
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i'll third "Augustus Carp, Esq. - Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man" by Henry Bashford. it's been on my list for some time now, this seems like a good occasion to move it to the top.
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And, to give us a bit more to choose from, I'll second (or third) Life With Father. |
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Any one else we have seconds for: I am America an So Can You By Stephen Colbert. The Silence of Colonel Bramble Life With Father ...waiting for thirds. BOb |
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