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Nothing
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The British writer Henry Green's literary skill went far beyond a comedy of manners, which this book appears to be on the surface. Dense with meaning, "Nothing" is a short literary gem, which forces the reader to read a million nuances into the witty and yet deeply dense conversations which make up the entirety of the book. The story is set in 1948 an... »
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The Confidence-Man (Modern Library Classics)
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"The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade" is, as its title would suggest, a satirical farce. In spite of its wit and the occasional laugh, however, it is the hardest of all Melville's works to follow, in no small part because its lead character keeps changing his identity--and that is assuming, by the way, that there's just one lead character to begin with.... »
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Decline and Fall (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
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This bitter farce tells the story of one Paul Pennyfeather, a young man who is expelled from an Oxford-like university due to a misunderstanding. Ever since this first scene the reader understands that he's reading a novel of the absurd. The point is never to tell a credible story with a tight plot, but to develop a savage satire on the British society... »
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Russell Baker's Book of American Humor
There are some gems in here, but not enough. The letter written by Groucho Marx is great, you can hear his voice in it. About two-thirds of the way throug... »
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The Devil's Dictionary
Sharp-wittewd and pointed "defitions" of common day words from the 1800's that still hold humor and truth.... »
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The Satyricon (World's Classics)
Follow the bawdy adventures of Encolpius through the decadence of Nero's Rome as he tries to maintain the love of his beautiful young male slave G... »
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