funny book
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of funny book
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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It’s a bitterly funny book that switches from humor to horror and back at a pace that would be frenzied were the author not so firmly in control.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
It's a painful and funny book about belonging and alienation with subtle and profound insights into the complicated experiences of black immigrants to the US.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023
To be able to write such a strong feminist message in a truly funny book is a remarkable achievement!
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2022
“Nights of Plague” is a surprisingly funny book.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
But although all Russia is reflected in a comic mirror, which by its very distortion emphasises the defects of each character, Gogol was not primarily trying to write a funny book.
From Essays on Russian Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
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