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Funny contemporary & literary books

Family loyalties, office politics and the need to look respectable give comic fiction plenty to work with. This shelf brings together stories grounded in recognizable social life, where a character's habits or blind spots can be as revealing as a spectacular mistake.

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Choose by the kind of company you want to keep: quarrelsome relatives, ambitious colleagues or people trying to explain themselves. Check the profile for the comic target and tone. A sharp social satire can feel very different from an affectionate character study.

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