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message 1: by Rosemarie (new)
Jun 10, 2018 05:31AM

Rosemarie | 1082 comments Mod
It's that time again. The theme for July is comedy. Please choose your nominated book from the Guardian Comedy list.


message 2: by Bryan--The Bee’s Knees (new)
Jun 10, 2018 05:51AM

Bryan--The Bee’s Knees (theindefatigablebertmcguinn) I nominate Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov


message 3: by Wend (new)
Jun 10, 2018 06:16AM

Wend (wends) | 99 comments I nominate Lucky Jim Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis byKingsley Amis


message 4: by Bryan--The Bee’s Knees (new)
Jun 10, 2018 06:57AM

Bryan--The Bee’s Knees (theindefatigablebertmcguinn) Wow--that was my second choice. Looks like I've got a good chance to win out no matter what gets picked!


message 6: by Lia (new)
Jun 10, 2018 12:14PM

Lia I nominate Molloy by Samuel Beckett

“To decompose is to live too”-Molloy


Buyer beware, I guess:
The epitome of disillusioned self-consciousness, [Beckett] tells a story that is by turns (and often at the same time) grotesque, lyrical, wildly comic, feverish and serene; and yet he never manages to tell us what he originally had set out to relate.

It’s definitely on the “experimental” (pronouced “WTF”) side.


message 7: by Kaylee (new)
Jun 11, 2018 08:43AM

Kaylee (kay133) I nominate Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith


message 9: by Christopher (new)
Jun 11, 2018 10:30AM

Christopher (Donut) | 45 comments I think these are good choices. I second Mr. Norris Changes Trains.

In the U.S., this is the first half of The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr Norris/Goodbye to Berlin, and yes, it is funny, esp. compared to the second half (Good-bye to Berlin).


message 10: by Wend (new)
Jun 11, 2018 10:58AM

Wend (wends) | 99 comments I'd be happy whichever of these wins.


message 11: by Fl (new)
Jun 11, 2018 12:21PM

Fl Molloy please


message 12: by Rosemarie (new)
Jun 11, 2018 12:33PM

Rosemarie | 1082 comments Mod
I will be putting up the poll this coming Saturday, so there is still lots of time for more nominations.


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