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OK, since my last post about The Education of Hyman Kaplan and Howard Jacobson's opinion that this is the funniest book ever, I've been wondering about other books that at any time may have been described as "the funniest book ever written".
The funniest book I ever recall reading was probably Cyra McFadden's brilliant The Serial (overdue for a re-read, no doubt). I've also seen Italo Svevo's Zeno's Conscience and Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm both described (and blurbed) as the funniest book ever written.
So what would be your own recommendations, in any genre?
The funniest book I ever recall reading was probably Cyra McFadden's brilliant The Serial (overdue for a re-read, no doubt). I've also seen Italo Svevo's Zeno's Conscience and Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm both described (and blurbed) as the funniest book ever written.
So what would be your own recommendations, in any genre?