Book review: Klumbytė, Neringa (2022). Authoritarian Laughter: Political Humour and Soviet Dystopia in Lithuania. Cornell University Press.
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Bandoriūtė-Leikienė, S. (2025). Book review: Klumbytė, Neringa (2022). Authoritarian Laughter: Political Humour and Soviet Dystopia in Lithuania. Cornell University Press. The European Journal of Humour Research, 13(1), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR.2025.13.1.1049

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