humorous fiction

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The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry

a novel
2012
Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.

Mandela's ego

2006
Dumisa, a young Zulu boy in awe of Nelson Mandela in 1960s South Africa, attempts to emulate his idea of the leader, who he also imagines to be a seducer of women, and when he finally convinces the object of his desire to respond to his advances, Mandela is captured, causing Dumisa to become impotent.

The secret diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3

2003
In the early 1980s, British thirteen-year-old Adrian Mole chronicles his trials and tribulations, including his painful love for Pandora Braithwaite, the BBC's refusal to publish his poetry, his dog's health issues, and his neighbor's amorous advances toward his mother.

Los cretinos

1991
Two old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.

Barnyard slam

2010
Farm animals express themselves at a poetry slam hosted by Yo Mama Goose.

Money for nothing

1991
A feud between Colonel Wyvern and Lester Carmody threatens to derail the relationship between Lester's nephew, John, and Wyvern's daughter, Pat.

God's mailbox

more stories about stories in the Bible
1996
A collection of humorous stories derived from the Old Testament.

Legend of Sagenfeld

1987
To fulfill a prophesy, King Hubert must find the animal with the sweetest song to watch over his country by his fourteenth birthday or disaster will strike the country.

Tom Sawyer

and Huckleberry Finn
1991
Presents two of Mark Twain's historical novels about youth in contention with society's norms: Tom Sawyer's mischievous, non-conformist ways lead him and his friends into trouble and Huckleberry Finn defies the law in order to help a runaway slave.

Cat's cradle

2000
In the year 2000, a young man discovers ice-nine, a dangerous substance which can set off a chain reaction more deadly than a nuclear bomb, and discovers a new prophet whose teachings sweep the world.

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