Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
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Dogs Don't Tell Jokes is a book by acclaimed children's book author Louis Sachar. In this book, a boy named Gary W. Boone wants to be a stand-up comedian, and when he sees a poster advertising a talent show, he grabs his chance. At the end he wins the grand prize of 100 dollars.
This novel is the sequel of Someday Angeline.
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Gary's real middle name is Arthur. He chose the W because he noticed that most of his favourite comedians have a name starting with the letter W (Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Allen, W. C. Fields). At the end of the book he claims his middle name is Wolfgang
