Funny Bullets: Catch Readers Up Quickly
How humor can transform a seemingly unimaginative literary tool.
It can be challenging to keep fiction readers engaged when providing dense information they must have to understand a story. For instance, say you need to inform readers about the numerous players, their roles, and motivations in the Sri Lankan Civil War in the 1990s.
Well, Shehan Karunatilaka tackles exactly that in his Booker Prize-winning novel The Se…
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