darkly

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The online blurb says the book is a "darkly humorous novel that uses the deftest touch to draw a thread through the lives of Welsh farmers, city accountants, Indian hoteliers and Eisteddfod mums".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

In fiction that means a darkly comic novel about a gay married couple on the vacation from hell on to a debut portrait of first-gen Asian American angst.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Diplomats joke darkly about Petro being "Zelenskyed" -- receiving an Oval Office dressing down like the Ukrainian president.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

But “No Other Choice,” a humane — and darkly comic — look at ugly things people can do when desperate felt like a potential breakthrough.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

How the sh hissed as it passed her lips, how darkly the sound of the o formed in her mouth.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke