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Originally Posted by tompe
It is a roaring funny book but of course not all the time. You have a structure were the comical situations is built up in an extremely goos way so that they work much better. You also have to understand understatements to get the humour. I can recommend Connie Willis essay about Three Men in a Boat.
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As I said, perhaps it is just a European stuff that I just don't get. And other US folks think this book is a "roaring funny" book?
BOb
BTW: I laughed my ass off at Hitchhickers Guide and that was very dry British humor.