Quote: Marc P @ February 23 2012, 11:09 AM GMT

Well you told me off re Swallows and Amazons!

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I don't mind old-fashioned books, or even 'all chaps together' empire-building books, I just found Ransome unreadable.

Quote: Harridan @ February 23 2012, 11:13 AM GMT

I don't mind old-fashioned books, or even 'all chaps together' empire-building books, I just found Ransome unreadable.

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Try again, read the Big Six!

Susan and John don't do anything in the books and the real leader/hero is a girl - in the S and A one's anyway.

I heartily recommend Puckoon and/or The Murphy by Spike Milligan.

Oy!

This is the third time I'm posting this reply.
Me other two disappeared.

Something I said?

Anyway,

I heartily recommend Puckoon and/or The Murphy by Spike Milligan.

PS If my other two suddenly appear then I apologise for repeating.
Well, I have just had my lunch.

Quote: garyd @ February 23 2012, 2:01 PM GMT

I heartily recommend Puckoon and/or The Murphy by Spike Milligan.

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Even better is The Looney. The thylacine is extinct in Nilgiri Hills.

Suprised not to see " A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole - a quite extraordinary novel, and certainly one of the funniest I've ever read.

Hi, first post - yay. Actually I only found this because I too am looking for some comedy/funny novels. I've read Paul Neailan's 'Apathy and other small victories' which was good. I've just read Jonny Gibbings's 'Malice in Blunderland' and it is just so funny. If you like dark, twisted and offensive, it's for you.

My all time favourite comedy novel has to be 'The Leaky Establishment' by David Langford and I have always hoped it would get made into a film but alas it hasn't happened yet and the book came out in 1984.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592241255/comedyguide-20/

I read this on holiday at a b&b in the mid 90s, thought of nicking it, but didn't bother.

http://www.stanleymorgan.co.uk/shifty.htm

Ah-ha - a link, good idea! http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=malice+in+blunderland&tag=comedyguide-21

Check out 'A Pinch of Sage and Dredly'. That made me laugh out loud a lot, but you can only get copies through the website, I think.

P G Wodehouse, Blandings or Jeeves are always good value. I'd second Confederacy of Dunces and Good Omens. Riotous Assembly, Wilt or any of the Tom Sharpe novels are good as well.

Read "e - A Novel" by Matthew Beaumont. It's told exclusively as a series of emails. Set in a London Ad agency. VERY funny. Quite clever.

Jerome K Jerome's "Three Men In A Boat" and the lesser-known "Three Men On The Bummel" I found extremely funny. Meera Syal's "Anita and Me" has some funny moments.

They may be kid's books but I still find Jennings very funny.

A number of comedy novels have become Sunday night dramas; Monarch of the Glen, Hamish Macbeth and, of course Jeeves and Wooster.

try this:

http://authonomy.com/books/52226/barnacle-brat-a-dark-comedy-for-grown-ups-/