Yeah, sure, politics and race and religion make people crazy. But when you get right down to it, what’s a more divisive force than comedy? Case in point: “The Hangover,” a cleverly structured farce that convulsed roughly half the Earth’s population with its antics and hijinks and tasering of Zach Galifianakis and left a small minority (me included) frowning at the screen, waiting for something funny to happen. If you fell in the former camp and can’t quite wait for “The Hangover, Part III” to come out in May, then by all means avail yourself of Dave Barry’s new novel, “Insane City,” which replicates the comic franchise’s set-up, step by lurching step.
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