TBLP cracks CBC Book Club’s top 10 funny books
Posted April 30, 2009 by Terry Fallis
Wow! What an honour. There are some wonderful books on this list. Barney’s Version is among my favourites. I know this list wasn’t generated through elaborate market research, but I figure any time you’re on a list with A Confederacy of Dunces, it’s a good thing.
In a cool twist of fate, I was in Orillia today for the announcement of the 2009 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour and I had a chance to meet Ian Ferguson, with whom I share 10th place on this CBC funny book list. He was there representing the winning author, Mark Leiren-Young. Ian is a wonderfully funny guy, as you might expect from a guy who won the 2004 Leacock Medal.
Update (May 9, 2009): The CBC Book Club has now released the alphabetized Long List from which the top 10 were drawn.
Here’s a shot of Ian Ferguson. Arguably not his best side… nor mine for that matter…
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