Kingsley Amis · 1998
- What it is
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Laughing so you don't cry
- Genre
- Literary Humor
- Feels
- Wry Gritty Bittersweet
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Hollywood
Charles Bukowski · 1989
Laughing so you don't cry · comedy with teeth
Good Omens
Neil Gaiman · 1990
A reader shelved it with yours in Books that made me laugh out loud, alone
Heartburn
Nora Ephron · 1983
Laughing so you don't cry · comedy with teeth
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez · 1997
Laughing so you don't cry · sad, and in no hurry
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Oyinkan Braithwaite · 2018
Comedy with teeth
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