Dear BelM,

If you haven't read Kinsley Amis's Lucky Jim, do. That's one of the funniest novels I've ever read. Laughed out loud while reading it.

Here's a quote I googled from the novel:

"'You'll find that marriage is a good short cut to the truth. No, not quite that. A way of doubling back to the truth. Another thing you'll find is that the years of illusion aren't those of adolescense, as the grown-ups try to tell us; they're the ones immediately after it, say the middle twenties, the false maturity if you like, when you first get thoroughly embroiled in things and lose your head. Your age, by the way, Jim. That's when you first realize that sex is important to other people besides yourself. A discovery like that can't help knocking you off balance for a time.'" (from Lucky Jim, 1954)

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amis.htm

That particular quote wouldn't have made me laugh out loud, but you can see a bit of Amis's wit in it.

WW