Day#8 of the 30 Day Book Challenge

[shadowkat]

This is Day #8 of the 30 Day Book Challenge.

The prompt is A Funny Book

Not easy for me, mainly because the books I find amusing and funny, many people don't and what others find amusing, I don't.

Why?

Ah.

I don't understand puns. (My family has decided we just didn't pick up the genetic quirk somehow. Mother didn't even know what one was. See, sisinlaw, remarked, some of us don't even know what they are. Because it took a while to define it.)

And embarrassment humor is a major squick for me.

So...I'm going with Elmore Leonard, who along with Carl Haisson, and Janet Evanovich wrote amusing and somewhat sardonic mystery novels. Although Leonard was the best in this group.

The book? Perhaps you've heard of it? Get Shorty

Here's a trailer from the movie adaptation. I liked the book better - although it admittedly, like most Leonard, reads like a screenplay.

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[cactuswatcher]

Forgive me. It's another old one.

The Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7L7WLFBYR4

[shadowkat]

I didn't know that was based on a book.

No worries. That rule doesn't apply to the book or grateful challenge. They are hard enough on their own.

[wendelah1]

Lucky Jim by Kingley Amis got mixed reviews at my book group. The main character is a total dick but if you can get past that bit, you might enjoy it. I thought it was funny.