You're right. Pop 1280 is a lot funnier. William Faulkner's novels also got funnier and funnier as his career went on. Sound and the Fury—not so funny. The Snopes / Town trilogy? Hiliarious!

Absolutely! It's the same basic story as The Killer Inside Me, but written 12 years later when JT was in his Grifters-era prime, so a lot subtler and wickeder and unsettling-er.