That's the sprawling comic novel he published in 1975.

This is of course a bombshell, and a strange one to drop in a comic novel.

Those who appreciate good comic novels will certainly buy this book.

As for what was next, he said, "One of the things I'd like to write is a comic novel."

He writes comic novels about the human condition with characters who are almost always marginalized.

Through time, it has come to be seen as one of the greatest comic novels in English.

The antic intersection of these characters could make for a fine comic novel.

"Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel."

Everyone knows that a comic novel has a happy ending.

Now that the millennium is upon us, may it rain comic novels all around.