Definitely Beckett's "More Pricks than Kicks" - especially Dante and the Lobster.
I hooted at the opening sentence of "Notes from Underground" by Dostoevsky, though I suspect that would depend on the translation. The same with "Master and Margarita" actually. And I think Gogol and especially Daniil Kharms are really really funny, but I don't laugh out loud, somehow. Is it too populist to say that the Danny Kaye film of "The Inspector General" is one of the funniest movies I've seen?
And, Moby Dick. Seriously there is some funny funny shit in that book. just don't expect it to be about a whale.
I hooted at the opening sentence of "Notes from Underground" by Dostoevsky, though I suspect that would depend on the translation. The same with "Master and Margarita" actually. And I think Gogol and especially Daniil Kharms are really really funny, but I don't laugh out loud, somehow. Is it too populist to say that the Danny Kaye film of "The Inspector General" is one of the funniest movies I've seen?
And, Moby Dick. Seriously there is some funny funny shit in that book. just don't expect it to be about a whale.