Humor books set in United States of America (7)
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1.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.
2.
The Best Short Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Modern library of the world's best books"--Colophon.
3.
The White Boy Shuffle : A Novel by Paul Beatty EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A slapstick satire on race relations featuring Gunnar Kaufman, a black writer from Santa Monica who becomes famous by saying all the right things whites want to hear. The novel pokes fun at both blacks and whites. A first novel.
4.
Big Swiss : A Novel by Jen Beagin EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house, built in 1737, is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss, since she's tall, stoic, and originally from Switzerland. Greta is fascinated by Big Swiss's refreshing attitude toward trauma. They both have dark histories, but Big Swiss chooses to remain unattached to her suffering while Greta con... continue
5.
Dykette : A Novel by Jenny Fran Davis EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day getaway with her partner and two other queer couples Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional twentysomethings making a life together in Brooklyn. When a pair of older, richer lesbians—prominent news host Jules Todd and her psychotherapist partner, Miranda—invites Sasha and Jesse to their country home for the holidays, they’re quick to accept. Even if the trip includes a third couple—Jesse’s best friend, Lou, and their cool-girl flame, D... continue
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Firmin : Adventures of a Metropolitcan Lowlife by Sam Savage EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
This is a novel told through the voice of a rat. Firmin is born in the basement of a ramshackle old bookstore but because he is the runt of the litter, he is forced to compete for food and ends up chewing on the books that surround him. Firmin soon realizes his source of nourishment has endowed him with the ability to read and this discovery fills him with an insatiable hunger for literature and a very unratlike sense of the world and his place in it. As Firmin navigates the shadowy streets of his decaying area, looking for understanding, his excitement, loneliness, fear, and self-consciousnes... continue
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The World According to Garp : A Novel by John Irving EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The story of T.S. Garp, the bastard son of a feminist leader who is ahead of her time.