he wrote “rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead” and ive read his play “Arcadia” more times than I can count If you’re feeling like a weird trip, Eugene Ionesco. “Rhinoceros” is the most famous and one of the longest but the short ones are weirder and more absurd I legally have to rec Samuel Beckett, subject of my undergrad lit thesis. Obviously there’s “waiting for godot” but I wrote about (and so am more fond of) “Krapp’s last tape”. you’ll have existential ennui for weeks.
Orwell's a real funny guy! Poverty and privation are not above satire
Also reading Macbeth with my students and The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson for myself
Vonnegut is my favorite writer and I've been looking for similar stuff.
Catch-22 gets a lot of SH5 comparisons for a good reason. Similar themes and really funny.
Pynchon is a great postmodern writer, though more challenging than Vonnegut - maybe try Crying Of Lot 49.
Palahniuk is a more contemporary writer and a lot darker, but extremely good and has some fantastic prose. Fight Club is worth the hype. He was recommended to me by a fellow Vonnegut fan as the closest thing.
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas is also amazing.
Have fun!
if you’re a silly goon that likes watching cartoons all the time but needs a screen break, but still in need of a laugh. you should pick up a book and read John Swartzwelder - he wrote 59 episodes of The Simpsons and is a 100% surreal and absurd…
