Related Clues:

• Literary surprise
• Sardonic literary tactic
• Satire, perhaps
• Adolph Coors III's allergy to beer, e.g.
• Dramatic device
• Swift quality
• Wry humor
• "Oedipus Rex" literary device
• Stinging surprise
• Humor with a twist, perhaps
• Twisted wit
• Satirist's specialty
• Hipster's sartorial tool
• Unexpected outcome
• O. Henry technique