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Deliriously Happy
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Letters & EssaysLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies
ISBN13: 9780061966835
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: Nov 8 2011
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.39 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
No matter the subject, Doyle can be trenchant, funny, esoteric, and unpredictable.
--Publishers Weekly
A former writer for The Simpsons and winner of the James Thurber Prize for American Humor, Larry Doyle redefined end-of-school-life angst with his novel I Love You, Beth Cooper and put the alien back in alienation with Go, Mutants! And now he's Deliriously Happy, bringing readers a compilation of truly hilarious short pieces including favorites from The New Yorker and Esquire as well as all-new, never before published comic gems. Dave Barry did it. So did Simon Rich, Woody Allen, and Ian Frazier. Now Larry Doyle's making his mark with an uproarious collection of side-splitting observances about everything from birth to death and beyond. Anyone who loves to laugh will be Deliriously Happy.
What happens when a James Thurber Prize-winning humorist turns his satirical eye on life, love, and pop culture?
- Social Satire: From dating tips and office politics to suing your childhood bully, no part of modern life is safe from Doyle's absurdly keen observations.
- Pop Culture Humor: A former writer for The Simpsons skewers everything from Hollywood movie-making to our obsession with celebrity, delivered with the signature wit honed at The New Yorker and Esquire.
- Uproarious Short Stories: Discover a world of bumbling spies, talking dogs with memoirs, and the hilarious, high-stakes drama of a family fun center.
- Laugh Out Loud Funny: For fans of Woody Allen, Simon Rich, and Dave Barry, this collection of comic gems delivers intelligent, unpredictable, and side-splitting humor on every page.
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