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Satire, Farce, Social Absurdity

Sharp, comic, and darkly ridiculous fiction about systems, vanity, hypocrisy, and human stupidity. Books that use humour, distortion, or absurdity to expose the world as it is.

 

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'Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter' by Mario Vargas Llosa

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'F' by Daniel Kehlmann

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'Arid Stories' by Duanwad Pimwana

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