Well, I was thinking about the saddest thing I read in a while and I thought
of the passages in _Satanic Verses_ that deal with two cancer patients. Then
I thought, no, wait, that book also had me roaring with laughter... Not
necessarily a book to be seen with in a hospital, mind you.
Another very funny one is _The Third Policeman_ of Flann O'Brien. There
aren't many laughs, on the other hand, in _The Shipping News_ of Annie
Proulx -- but it's moving and cathartic.
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