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Is this book funny?

>> No.21729146 [SPOILER] 

>>21729136
Imagine choosing to read that instead of having sex.

>> No.21729163

>>21729136
You will find the protagonist amusingly relatable, OP.

>> No.21729167

>>21729136
Yes, one of the very few books I've read that had me laughing out loud

>> No.21729383

>>21729136
It's quite funny except all the parts with the old Jewish couple, those are just excruciating and didn't make me laugh at all. Only miserable.

>> No.21730236

>>21729146
Sex is passing. Enrichment of the soul is forever.

>> No.21730832

>>21729136
I'm still amazed someone managed to perfectly depict a 4chan neckbeard 50 years before 4chan.

>> No.21730938

>>21730832
It’s almost as if social niches have existed long before immediate digital communication was a thing. Not to sound dismissive, though ever.

>> No.21731001

I got a used copy of this and am about to read it but I think the previous owner might be a schizo.

>> No.21731009
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>>21731001

>> No.21731033

>>21731009
Lol, based surviving fatzo

>> No.21731058

>>21731009
based

also yes OP it's very funny

>> No.21731179

Ignatius is basically Eric Cartman. Yeah, it's pretty good.

>> No.21731273

It's pretty funny, more depressing really

>> No.21731310

>>21729136
The main character was so fucking insufferable 10 pages in I had to drop it, was that the point

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>>21731009
>if you drive a Honda civic