Millions,
A while back, I posted a similar (okay, identical) request and ended up with a veritable library of hilarity. Handling Sin (by Michael Malone) remains, to this day, my favorite novel and it was gifted to me in that thread. Straight Man, Evolution Man, and PG Wodehouse also entered my library thanks to that discussion.
A few of my own recommendations:
- The Thirteen and 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear: A fantasy for adults with exquisite illustrations. A great gift book too.
-Handling Sin. I obviously can’t talk this up enough. Malone, in general, is fantastic (and underappreciated out of the South, it seems) and I stand behind everything he’s done that I’ve read, with Foolscap being his silver medal, I think. I always come back to Handling Sin though. Just writing about it makes me want to reread it. Again.
-Lastly, I’d like to thoroughly pimp James Morrow’s “Corpus Dei” trilogy (which contains Towing Jehovah, Blameless in Abbadon, and The Eternal Footman). I adored and devoured them all. Basically, God dies, falls to earth, and hilarity ensues. And, beyond the humor, there’s some meaty theodicy in these books. Not to sound like a blurbist, but…“If you liked Good Omens, you’ll LOVE Towing Jehovah!”
So, let’s do this again. I’ve got some looooong drives coming up and would love some gems to get me through.