Popular European Humor Books
Find humor books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (109)
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Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams EN
EnglandDescription:
New York Times bestselling author Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures. Join them as they encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but loveable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, the white rhinos of Zaire, the rare birds of Mauritius island in the Indian Ocean. Hilarious and poignant—as only Douglas Adams can be—Last Chance to See is an entertaining and arresting odyssey through the Earth’s magn... continue
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Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams EN
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"HYSTERICAL!" --The Philadelphia Inquirer The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, ... continue
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Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford EN
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In one of the wittiest novels of them all, Nancy Mitford casts a finely gauged net to capture perfectly the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English manners between the wars by one of the most individual, beguiling and creative users of the language.
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A hilarious satire about college life and high class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature. Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954. This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial university who knows better than most that “there was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.” Kingsley Amis’s scabrous debut leads the reader through a gallery of emphatical... continue
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Manalive by G. K. Chesterton EN
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Light-hearted work introduces Innocent Smith, a bubbly, eccentric gentleman of questionable character, into the lives of a group of young disillusioned people -- and the result is inspired, high-spirited nonsense.
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Miracle à la combe aux Aspics by Ante Tomić FR
CroatiaDescription:
A sept kilomètres de Smiljevo, haut dans les montagnes, dans un hameau à l'abandon, vivent Jozo Aspic et ses quatre fils. Leur petite communauté aux habitudes sanitaires, alimentaires et sociologiques discutables n'admet ni l'Etat ni les fondements de la civilisation, jusqu'à ce que le fils aîné, Kresimir, en vienne à l'idée saugrenue de se trouver une femme. Bientôt, il devient clair que la recherche d'une épouse est encore plus difficile et hasardeuse que la lutte quotidienne des Aspic pour la sauvegarde de leur autarcie. La quête amoureuse du fils aîné des Aspic fait de ce road movie littér... continue