Funniest Thing I've Read In a Long, Long Time
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I rushed out to buy this book after listening to an interview with the author on a popular morning radio show.  Mind you, this is not something I am prone to do very often, but the guy sounded really funny on the radio and some of the letters that were read on-air almost made me pee my drive-time-traffic pants.
Well, after reading through it a total of one-and-a-half times (some pages were so funny, I had to read again), I am very pleased to report that the book did not disappoint - and in fact, far surpassed my expectations.
The letters he writes to major corporations are truly hilarious.  These are all companies that I use, or have used on a regular basis, so reading the letters was not only entertaining, but also a kind of wish-fulfillment on my part.  And then, the corporate replies....  Just knowing that someone had to spend the time to write a straight-faced response (and in some cases, not-so-straight-faced) tickled me to no end.  Although I do have to express my surprise that some of the companies actually displayed a little sense of humor.
Bottom line:  If you like to laugh, buy this book!  I've already more copies for Christmas presents!!  Sure to become a fave coffee table book in your house as well.  And word to the wise: be sure to relieve your bladder before you read!
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This is the funniest video I've seen in a long time.
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This could be one of the funniest collection of stories I have ever read.  This is this first (of a few) Sedaris books I've read, and a great introduction to himself, family and his unique humor that kept me engrossed in every word and page, and forced me to laugh outloud while reading.
While Sedaris' book pokes fun of family, the workplace and American culture, he simutaneously is warm and tender about certain subjects as well -- mixing the totally obsurd, while spilling his guts about a very personal section.
I personally, loved the section on his language lessons in France. I couldn't stop laughing. And as a New Yorker, his essay on riding the Paris, Metro was priceless.
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No doubt about it, this book is by far one of the most hilarious things I've ever read. Like so many other people, I was laughing so hard I nearly fell off the sofa and probably scared the holy hell out of my husband (in the end, he read it, too). For anybody who loves a good book about the dork in all of us, this one is it.
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BY FAR, one of the funniest books I have ever read. It is clever, witty and gives every twenty-something out there a sigh of relief that you're not the only one out there thinking what Karo is writing. The little jokes and thoughts about life after college are soo fun to read. My favorite parts include the one when he talks about how you haven't lived until youve drunkenly left your cell in a cab on a sat. night. which leads to then calling it a zillion times, paying the cabbie way too much for bringing it back to you, only to hear 3,000 drunk, pathetic voicemails from yourself - haha... It's like I know exactly what he means, but he can just word it sooo much better and soo much funnier -
i loved it and cant wait for the next book from him :)
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I read a review in EW about this book and put ot on my wishlist. This morning I decided to download it to my Kindle and read it...am I glad I did! One of the funniest books I have read in a long time!! Five stars! I laughed out loud! I will be recommending this to a lot of my frienda. I enjoyed the character of God, his sense of humor and how he viewed the human race...hopefully they really aren't really using the Internet to check in on us!
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One of the funniest books I have read in a long while. "God's" grasp of the subject is truly impressive.
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I laughed so much reading this book! I couldn't stop reading it. There never seemed to be a boring part where I was wishing to just skim through it.
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This is one of the best books I've read in years. It's funny, well written and creative. I love that now that I've finished it, I can re-read it and make different choices.
My favorite part is the section in which David makes annotations. At one point, I was laughing so hard I couldn't breath.  I highly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to laugh.
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This is one of the best books I've read in a long time and I have read a lot.  This is not only hysterically funny to the point of laughing so hard I couldn't stop to silently weeping with the moving lessons of true life.  What a great great book.  The story telling of a true story isn't always great writing but this is.  I hand it to them for the fabulous pictures they painted.  I could see the action like it was happening in my living room or kitchen with my dogs.  Of course it assumes you love dogs, but who wouldn't after you read this book!!!! Not only that but I love their products and have bought them for a long time, now when I feed them to my sweet girl, I smile and think of the ones and why they were made.
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This is the funniest book I have ever read.  Imagine, an incredibly long book written hundreds of years ago and yet I chuckled throughout the entire thing!  I read this book in college on a long drive from Michigan to Floriday for college spring break.  I couldn't stop laughing, to the irritation of my friends in the car with me.  Everyone should read Don Quixote once.  It's an experience not to be missed.
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If you're not laughing, I just don't know what to tell you. This book is funny. Over-the-top, are-you-kidding-me ridiculous, and laughed out loud so many times I lost count. I also screeched, "OH MY GOD," several times and I think I may have threatened the main character's life once or twice, but my point is...
If you can't stop and laugh, then you're missing out on the whole book. The characters are wild and insane. Yup. Just this much past normal. But really, who isn't? Who doesn't have that one friend who talks too loud? Or the guy who'll do anything or say anything if you dare him? That chick with no verbal filter whatsoever? I know I do.
The story is crazy in places, silly in others, but ultimately it's a love story where the guy gets his girl. No one said either of them was perfect. :) But they're a lot of fun to spend some time with.
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Absolutely wonderful.  I have not enjoyed a book this much for quite a while. Entertaining from the beginning to the very end. It takes sheer talent to write about such a serious subject and still put so much humor into it. I found myself laughing out loud many times. If you haven't read this yet or are on the fence, jump the fence and read this book.  You will only be sorry that it had to end.
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This is one of the funniest books I've read in a LONG time!  I read it in 2 days with a stupid grin on my face the entire time.  I'm off to the library to take out another book by Jonathan Tropper.  A MUST READ!
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This was the funniest book I have read since augustin burroughs running with scissors.  Really funny I was laughing out loud.  The quality of the writing is top notch and I cant wait for his next book.  This is a must read!
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This book is hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing and it inspired me to write a story of my own. You have to read it, it will be the funniest thing you ever read!!!!!!!
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Let's get one thing straight: A Confederacy of Dunces is funny. Mind-bendingly, gut-wrenchingly, heart-palpatatingly hilarious. You know those moments that are so funny, they make you wonder how anyone could have  thought them up? This book has about three per page. The comedy comes from everywhere;  the plot itself is a twisting, quixotic odessey, while Toole's narration is gleefully sardonic. The dialogue is as realistic as the kind of conversation you overhear taking place between two people who think that nobody can hear them, and as instantly memorable as a good line from Shakespeare (yes, I just compared John Kennedy Toole to William Shakespeare). Every character has his or her own unique voice, a distinctive sound that makes them instantly recognizable and weirdly likeable.

And speaking of characters! The people who populate this novel are incredible, a dizzyingly varied assortmrnt of heroes and villains, of high-minded thugs and heroic lowlifes. The star of the show is Ignatius J. Reilly, a bumbling bozo of an anti-anti-hero whose antics redefine the phrase "over the top." Reilly defies description, but suffice to say he's a thirty-year-old medievalist who is driven by a bottomless appetite, a gigantic ego, and an all-consuming hatered of anything and everything that happened after the year 1450. He's also a lazy hypochondriac who spends his days writing paragraph after scalding paragraph in denouncement the modern world, watching children's television shows (which he believes are a sign of civilization's decline into absolute decadence), dodging his mother's attempts to make him get a job, and trying to infuriate his old college girlfirend (who is herself an absolute piece of work). His quest for "taste and decency" (as he puts it) leads him on a series of increasingly unbelievable misadventures in and around his beloved home town of New Oreleans. As he's hurled from one bizarre situation to the next, Ignatius unwittingly spreads chaos to every corner of the city.

But don't think of this as a disjointed series of bizarre events. The plot is held together thanks to Toole's own wonderfully twisted writerly skill and sense of narrative logic; the events that befall Ignatius stem from the actions of some of the greatest supporting characters ever concieved. Indeed, Toole has assembled one of the greatest casts of all time, providing Reilly with a motely crew of friends and foes, flinging our hero headlong into a wonderful world of McCarthyist grandfathers, apathetic clothing moguls, down-on-their luck undercover policemen, conniving nightclub owners, shady teenaged entrepeneurs, kitsch-obsessed homosexuals, ambitious strippers, loudmouthed spinsters, senile octognerians, flip-flopping socialites, nervous bartenders, unapologetically ignorant university professors, heroically incompotent filing clerks, long-suffering neighbors, resentful floorsweepers, an endless series of unfortunate taxi drivers, and the like. Most of these characters could have easily won the lead role in just about any other novel, and it's somewhat amazing that Toole managed to find space for each and every one of them without letting any individual's outrageousness overwhelm the proceedings.

But this is more than just a funny novel- there is genuine tragedy in the story of Ignatius Reilly, and in the stories of those around him. Even in its most gut-busting moments, A Confederacy of Dunces shows just how pathetic human existance can become, and how low society (rich and poor alike) can sink. In this sense, Toole's novel is also a brilliant satire, a warped and strangely illuminating farce of modern life. It's one of those rare moments when humor and heart go hand in hand, and manage to say something truly poignant about the way we live. It's a masterpiece.