The narrator, John Lewis, is watching some young women play tennis, and decides to examine himself on an important question:

"Why did I like women's breasts so much? I was clear on why I liked them, thanks, but why did I like them so much?"

Although this quote is from another of his books, humor like that is spread throughout Kingsley Amis's most famous novel Lucky Jim, which I, along with Christopher Hitchens (who is the source of the above lines), think might well be the funniest book in English. I highly recommend it. It really is laugh out loud funny.
- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 10:05 AM