black humor (literature)

Aurora Greenway tries to come to grips with aging and with her family, friends, and lovers.

The cow apocalypse began in Britain with a heifer that refused to die. Now as cows all over the isle are turning into slavering, man-eating, quadruped zombies, the fate of the nation falls to a slaughterhouse worker, a vegan, and a horribly inept reporter.

Contains eighteen critical essays that explore dark humor in various works, such as Joseph Heller's "Catch 22, " Don DeLillo's "White Noise, " and Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal.".

Follows the continuing adventures of moderately well-known Jewish-American writer Henry Bech, now in his seventh decade, as he pursues fame and fortune in the literary world.

Mark Renton and his friends view their everyday life in Edinburgh, Scotland through a heroin-induced haze that affects their minds, attitudes, and judgement.

Sixty-year-old Sully is down on his luck and has to deal with a landlady who wants him evicted, an estranged son who is headed down the same road as Sully, a neurotic ex-wife, unreasonable girlfriend, and the ghost of his own abusive father.