Thread: Funniest Thing You've Read
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Old 11-17-2013, 09:19 AM   #68
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Originally Posted by BelleZora View Post
I loved this one, also. Sarah Caudwell's books are hilarious. Begin with Thus Was Adonis Murdered. Tom Sharpe is very funny. I also loved Three Men in a Boat and, of course, anything by P.G. Wodehouse. All of these, except Jonasson, are British, but clearly one is not required to be British to enjoy the wit. I therefore take issue with the many BBC podcasts taking a condescending view of the supposed inability of Americans to grasp irony.
You may not need to be British to enjoy the wit, but you may need to understand cricket...

And I think you have to be born British, or Commonwealth, at least, to understand that...

BTW, Adonis is on sale right now on the Amazon UK site for 99p:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thus-Adonis-...dp/B009GJ33VY/
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