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Sonilaa · 16/05/2010 10:40

  • Water method man - John Irving
  • The Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His Business -
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Kathyjelly · 17/05/2010 14:15

Rosie Meadows regrets.

And anything by John Mortimer. And Decline & Fall by Evelyn Waugh.

RedCharityBonney · 17/05/2010 14:03

Country Life! So it is! Thanks kitstwins!

thumbwitch · 17/05/2010 13:24

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
(and in fact many other of his books too)

Fried Green Tomatoes at the WhistleStop Café by Fannie Flagg - the bit where she smashes the young girls' car in the carpark. Can't remember any specifics from Daisy Fay to say that made me laugh.

Several of Georgette Heyer's books - not just you, Takver - but especially Frederica, Arabella, The Grand Sophy, and some of the detective ones.

Bill Bryson but I am to admit I can't remember which

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole made me laugh when I was younger; Bridget Jones' Diary when I was older.

Something by Michael Palin but cannot for the life of me remember what - but I was nearly bursting with trying not to laugh out loud on the plane!

PG Wodehouse - usually raises a smile and sometimes a snigger

Marian Keyes - Further Under the Duvet (second of her autobiog/article books) - her description of the Irish Embassy in London when trying to get a new passport is brilliant!

Francagoestohollywood · 17/05/2010 13:23

Riught ho, Jeeves
Very good Jeeves, any Jeeves really

OrmRenewed · 17/05/2010 13:21

Bill Bryson. Particularly Notes from Bi Country. The one about the snowmobile had me weeping with laughter. And my boss when I lent it to him on the train to London

pollywollydoodle · 17/05/2010 13:19

and god knows by joseph heller

pollywollydoodle · 17/05/2010 13:12

oh and tall man in a low land...life amongst the belgians by harry pearson

upahill · 17/05/2010 13:06

Stuart Maconie's Pies and Prejudice. also by him 'Cider with Roadies'

Diary of a Nobody (especially if you imagine the main character with a Victor Meldrew voice!)

Mark Radcliffe's 'Thank you for the days'

CornflowerB · 17/05/2010 13:06

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young. Mind you, Emma (Jane Austen) made me laugh out loud the other day. A wry laugh though - not a lot in people's behaviour has changed since her day.

kitstwins · 17/05/2010 13:03

Redcharity the Rachel Cusk book you mention is called 'Country Life' and is one of my all-time faves - fantastic. The driving scene made me weep with laughter.

Big thumbs up for Carl Haissen. 'Sick Puppy' in particular. I also love the Elvis Cole series of detective novels and Kate Atkinson's 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum'.

pollywollydoodle · 17/05/2010 13:01

bill bryson, esp the thunderbolt kid
david sedaris

NoahAndTheWhale · 17/05/2010 12:59

Bill Bryson

Plumm · 17/05/2010 12:55

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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RedCharityBonney · 17/05/2010 12:50

Ooh, Stargazing is a great book, LightShines.

Was pondering this thread last night, and remembered Local Hero too - the David Benedictus book of the film. It's a little gem - funny, and also moving, and I think, rather important.

BigBadMummy · 16/05/2010 16:53

Lamb: the gospel according to Biff.

Have never met anybody else who has read it but I laughed out loud in public reading this. Story of Jesus's best friend, Biff. Funny funny funny.

said · 16/05/2010 16:50

Bill Bryson. And a lot of David Lodge's stuff

iloveasylumseekers · 16/05/2010 16:48

David Sedaris - the Santaland Diaries are a work of genius.

The Mortdecai Trilogy by Kyril Bonifiglioli (like PG Wodehouse but darker and dirtier)

The Rotters Club by Jonathan Coe (and it also made me cry; loved it)

(The Wrong Boy is amazing; such a lovely book - that made me cry too)

cocolepew · 16/05/2010 16:44

Bill Bryson

Stephanie Plum series

Carl Haissen

instructionstothedouble · 16/05/2010 16:40

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CheerfulYank · 16/05/2010 16:36

I second David Sedaris...I've laughed until I cried.

LightShinesInTheDarkness · 16/05/2010 16:31

Kate Atkinson - Jackson Brodie trilogy

Chris Stewart 'Driving over Lemons'

Agree Bill Bryson esp 'Notes from a Small Island'

Alexander McCall Smith - 44 Scotland Street series

Gervaise Phinn

'Stargazing' by Peter Hill

bruffin · 16/05/2010 16:28

Derec Longdens autobiographies

Prolesworth · 16/05/2010 16:23

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