Al Capone Does my Shirts was the book being discussed. I read it a couple of years back and don't remember it as a "funny" book. There were humorous situations, but the overall theme seemed to be about Moose and his relationships with his family and friends. I wouldn't classify this as a humorous book. King of the Mild Frontier, in comparison, provided one comedic bit after another in Chris Crutcher's childhood. I would classify this memoir as humorous.
I think humor remains in the mind of the reader and perhaps this category is more subjective than romance or horror.
I am so glad you wrote this! I was feeling so badly because always appreciate humor that arises from a situation or books where humor is based on something that is not necessarliy funny. And I think that truthfully, I picked books I like that I thought were funny rather than funny books that I may or may not have liked myself. And the Cruther book (the one with most laughs per page) was my least favorite of the 4! I will always love David Sedaris, though, no matter how hard he insists on making me laugh.
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