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You can read "The Laugher" (1966) in less than five minutes - it's a well-written, very reflective short story - something of a meditation - by Heinrich Böll, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. While I was reading it, I immediately thought of "The Mask Maker" (1959), and I'd be very surprised if Böll wasn't familiar with this when he wrote "The Laugher." I would ask everyone to watch "The Mask Maker" (click the link above) performed by the great Marcel Marceau (who I had the privilege to see in person!), before reading "The Laugher." The video will take you seven minutes to watch, and it's a requirement if you care about anything related to theater - it's seven minutes of your life that you'll never forget. "The Laugher" by Henrich Böll on 101bananas.com -
If you savor "Shipping Out" (which is often called "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again") - which you should - this will take you a good couple of hours to read, with breaks. It is worth every single minute. Written by one of the great writers to ever live, and one of my heroes, this is David Foster Wallace at his comedic finalist, skewering the cruise-ship industry. Read it, love it, discuss it, and revel in it. I'll be here waiting for you. "Shipping Out" by David Foster Wallace" on harpers.org If you're busy which you so often are, read just 2-3 pages. It will reel you in, and you'll come back to it, I promise. Read the footnotes when they happen (you won't lose your way). Enjoy this rare display of genius cruising along at full throttle. If you haven't laughed out loud by the time you get to the first footnote, I'll give you your money back.
