Book suggestions?

[alice wellintown]

Speaking of Brasil, _The Devil to Pay in the Backlands_ has been
recommended and I second that recommendation. . Also, speaking of
Menand, _The Metaphysical Club_ has been recommended, and I secaond
that ecommendation. _

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Page <page at quesnelbc.com> wrote:
> I second The Curse of Lono. Undoubtedly HST's funniest book.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Allonby" <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> To: <kelber at mindspring.com>
> Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Book suggestions?
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> Tom Robbins, Douglas Adams, and how about HST's "The Book of Lono"?
>
> Best of luck to your nephew. So far all my folks have come back from
> there in one piece. I hope yours do too.
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:41 AM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> My sister-in-law is sending a kindle-book to her son who's just shipped to
>> Iraq and asked for suggestions of books to download (upload?). Naturally, I
>> thought of all kinds of heavy doom and gloom books, but I was wondering if
>> anyone has suggestions for some decent comic relief or escapism types of
>> books?
>>
>> Laura
>>
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