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Nine books to cheer

Sometimes all you need to get through the day is a good chuckle. Our list of Vintage’s top ten books to make you laugh is a great place to start

24 January 2016
Mapp and Lucia
Mapp and Lucia
E. F. Benson
The Commitments
The Commitments
Roddy Doyle
Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat
  • Jerome K. Jerome
  • Vic Reeves
The Green Man
The Green Man
Kingsley Amis
Catch 22
Catch 22
Joseph Heller
Portnoy's Complaint
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
The Ascent Of Rum Doodle
The Ascent Of Rum Doodle
W E Bowman

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