funny fiction

[buffcoat]

[D]ead ... Kennedy ... is pretty awesome.

Yeah, Barry Levitz said they were a good band.

[mike_b]

His stuff might be a little too New Yorker-y, but I really like Bruce Jay Friedman's short stories

Also, I really dug Wigfield, by Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello.

[dave from knoxville]

Also, he's dead, but John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces is pretty awesome.

Agreed. but I run into lots of people who run me down because I liked it. The main character reminds me a little of <gulp> dfk

[Bryan]

I really liked "Wake Up, Sir!" by Jonathan Ames. He could be a good Best Show guest, too.

[mcphee from the forum]

Not trying to be hoity toity but one of the funniest books I've ever read is JR by William Gaddis.

[dave from knoxville]

Not trying to be hoity toity but one of the funniest books I've ever read is JR by William Gaddis.

By strange coincidence, I started on A Frolic Of His Own this week.

[mcphee from the forum]

That's his only book I haven't read. I've tried, but I just can't get into it.