Englander's Ministry of Special Cases, Overheard in New York

I'm 150 pages away from completing the Rousseau works, but as a break I read Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander, about Jewish parents in Argentina fearing the kidnapping of their son. I can't say I liked it, but it was a quick read at least. I also read Overheard in New York, which was vulgar in the extreme but did make me laugh perhaps half a dozen times. That is unusual, since I'm a terrible audience for that sort of humor.