*Kafka's friend, Max Brod, talked of how Kafka found humour in his dark works - ...

Kafka's friend, Max Brod, talked of how Kafka found humour in his dark works - especially the chilling "The Trial", which he thought a hoot, laughing so hard while reading the first chapter aloud, that he repeatedly had to stop to collect himself.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/jul/03/post...