tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post114211557899613250..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Let's have another list ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1142165110430500192006-03-12T07:05:00.000-05:002006-03-12T07:05:00.000-05:00I mentioned on "Collected Miscellany" (site of pos...I mentioned on "Collected Miscellany" (site of posting linked to by Frank) that I laughed aloud at "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (Hunter Thompson), and at "E" by Matthew Beaumont.<BR/><BR/>One thing about these two above novels, and about Collected Miscellany's list, and about humourous novels in general, is: are they products of their times? Is the humour limited by the context, or does it live on after the context has long been forgotten? (P G Wodehouse is perhaps a case-study: are the books of Jeeves/Wooster and Blandings still funny? I doubt I would find them so now but I laughed at them when I read them aged about 12.) <BR/><BR/>I know that films and movies of these books can be funny in perpetuity as the director and scriptwriter can give them contemporary twists or a knowing interpretation. But the actual books themselves?<BR/><BR/>Interested that Collected M. did not mention "3 men in a boat" which often crops up as a favourite funny book, though it isn't my cup of tea.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com