Can you guys think of a happy novel? Not a happy ending, but a novel that bursts with joy, maybe exuberant in both content and language.
And if you can, is it a comedy?
OK, hit me.
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Good one. Salman writes exuberantly so almost anything of his can be called joyous. Hmmm!
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lots,
the razors edge,
all of jeeves and wooster
primo levi , the wrench
eveything by kurt vonurgurt
douglas adams.. who ripped off in a lovely way all of kurt plus most orf modern philosphy.
Hegels spirt is funny as is kirkagard.
Macbeth makes me laugh and so does Ulysses
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius — by Dave Eggers.
Been a while since I read it, but I recall it having that feel to it.
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So Long And Thanks For All The Fish. I always felt that Douglas Adams was happy while writing it. The Earth turns out to have been there all along, and Arthur gets to fall in love.
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I probably need to revisit it, but The Crying of Lot 49 made me laugh so hard that wine came out my nose many years ago. Given that it is Holy Week and things can be misconstrued, I should specify that I had been drinking wine while reading.
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