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Need a laugh? Need a short break from the Emperor of Ice Cream? Then I have a couple funny novels to recommend. The first is an author from my hometown that I've met twice. Her first novel, called Coming Attractions (and later named Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man) is so funny that I had tears in my eyes. It is quintessential southern fare mixed with ribald and irreverent humor of a child narrator. The author is Fannie Flagg.
The other author is Clyde Edgerton. I'm recommending A Walk Across Egypt and Raney. Both are hilarious.
I'm a librarian and try to read in many genres and I'm open to any suggestions for comic novels. Any favorites?
 
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Doc Creed said:
Need a laugh? Need a short break from the Emperor of Ice Cream? Then I have a couple funny novels to recommend. The first is an author from my hometown that I've met twice. Her first novel, called Coming Attractions (and later named Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man) is so funny that I had tears in my eyes. It is quintessential southern fare mixed with ribald and irreverent humor of a child narrator. The author is Fannie Flagg.
The other author is Clyde Edgerton. I'm recommending A Walk Across Egypt and Raney. Both are hilarious.
I'm a librarian and try to read in many genres and I'm open to any suggestions for comic novels. Any favorites?
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The only one that comes to mind is a short story Dave Barry wrote about doctors. It made me laugh as I have to work around them and it was hilarious.
 
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Doc Creed said:
Need a laugh? Need a short break from the Emperor of Ice Cream? Then I have a couple funny novels to recommend. The first is an author from my hometown that I've met twice. Her first novel, called Coming Attractions (and later named Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man) is so funny that I had tears in my eyes. It is quintessential southern fare mixed with ribald and irreverent humor of a child narrator. The author is Fannie Flagg.
The other author is Clyde Edgerton. I'm recommending A Walk Across Egypt and Raney. Both are hilarious.
I'm a librarian and try to read in many genres and I'm open to any suggestions for comic novels. Any favorites?
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I love Fannie Flagg. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is my favorite - I do recall laughing until I cried. I think I've read all of her books except the Redbird Christmas - which I really should read, I know. I should read Clyde Edgerton. I'm guessing you're from the south? I kind of like Eudora Welty too for some good southern humor.

I need some levity today. It has been an exquisitely horrid day, and not over yet. Not for another 5 hours.
 
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HollyGolightly said:
I love Fannie Flagg. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is my favorite - I do recall laughing until I cried. I think I've read all of her books except the Redbird Christmas - which I really should read, I know. I should read Clyde Edgerton. I'm guessing you're from the south? I kind of like Eudora Welty too for some good southern humor.

I need some levity today. It has been an exquisitely horrid day, and not over yet. Not for another 5 hours.
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I just bought a Eudora Welty short story collection!
 
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HollyGolightly said:
I love Fannie Flagg. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is my favorite - I do recall laughing until I cried. I think I've read all of her books except the Redbird Christmas - which I really should read, I know. I should read Clyde Edgerton. I'm guessing you're from the south? I kind of like Eudora Welty too for some good southern humor.

I need some levity today. It has been an exquisitely horrid day, and not over yet. Not for another 5 hours.
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Hope things get better quick!
 
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Neesy said:
The only one that comes to mind is a short story Dave Barry wrote about doctors. It made me laugh as I have to work around them and it was hilarious.
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Everything Dave Barry writes is pure gold. I keep wondering what it would be like if he and King ever co-wrote a novel together. I don't think the world is ready for the sort of awesomeness that would produce.

And it could actually happen! They know each other! They were in the same band!
 
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Takoren said:
Everything Dave Barry writes is pure gold. I keep wondering what it would be like if he and King ever co-wrote a novel together. I don't think the world is ready for the sort of awesomeness that would produce.

And it could actually happen! They know each other! They were in the same band!
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Dave Barry is my future husband. He doesn't know it yet.
 
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My all-time favorite thing Dave Barry has ever written.

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'When we got our previous dog, Shawna, we thought she was smart as a whip, because she was a purebred German shepherd who had this extremely alert look. At first we took this to mean that she was absorbing every tiny detail of her environment with her keen senses and analyzing it with computerlike speed, but it turned out to be her way of expressing the concept: "What?"'

'The only dog I ever met that was dumber than Shawna belongs to my editor. This dog, a collie named Augie, also looks smart, because you tend to think collies are smart if you grew up watching Lassie. Lassie looked brilliant, in part because the farm family she lived with was made up of idiots.'

'I don't know yet about Earnest. One day soon I will give her the dog intelligence test, where you show her the ball, then you put the ball under a blanket, and then you see if she can find the ball. Shawna could never find the ball. I doubt Augie could find the blanket."
 
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My all-time favorite thing Dave Barry has ever written.

Select quotes include:

'When we got our previous dog, Shawna, we thought she was smart as a whip, because she was a purebred German shepherd who had this extremely alert look. At first we took this to mean that she was absorbing every tiny detail of her environment with her keen senses and analyzing it with computerlike speed, but it turned out to be her way of expressing the concept: "What?"'

'The only dog I ever met that was dumber than Shawna belongs to my editor. This dog, a collie named Augie, also looks smart, because you tend to think collies are smart if you grew up watching Lassie. Lassie looked brilliant, in part because the farm family she lived with was made up of idiots.'

'I don't know yet about Earnest. One day soon I will give her the dog intelligence test, where you show her the ball, then you put the ball under a blanket, and then you see if she can find the ball. Shawna could never find the ball. I doubt Augie could find the blanket."
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:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

I had a collie. Beautiful dog. Just gorgeous boy -- Atchley. Really stupid dog. But he was sweet and I loved him.
 
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HollyGolightly said:
I love Fannie Flagg. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is my favorite - I do recall laughing until I cried. I think I've read all of her books except the Redbird Christmas - which I really should read, I know. I should read Clyde Edgerton. I'm guessing you're from the south? I kind of like Eudora Welty too for some good southern humor.

I need some levity today. It has been an exquisitely horrid day, and not over yet. Not for another 5 hours.
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Yes, I am from Alabama. I have an affection for southern writers, I suppose. Yes, Welty is phenomenal. I do think you'd like A Redbird Christmas, and it's her shortest book. Hope you have a better night...
 
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