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How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater Audiobook
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From syndicated humor columnist Marc Acito comes a wildly inventive and hysterically funny novel that is equal parts Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fame, Risky Business, Dead Poets Society and The Catcher in the Rye. It's 1983, and 17-year-old Edward Zanni wants to study acting at Juilliard, but his newly remarried father - who earns too much for Edward to claim scholarship money - refuses to pay. So, Edward enlists the aid of his creative theater pals to swindle the money from his father.
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"I listened to this in the car, and it was very funny, and very bawdy. Great voice of the main character (maybe partly due to the actor reading? his voice of the evil stepmother saying "a-hole" is pretty memorable). I laughed out loud a few times."
— elissa (4 out of 5 stars)
How I Paid for College Listener Reviews
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" One of my all time favorite books! And one of the few stories I love that won't make you cry even once. It's a happy story! "
— Cheri, 2/8/2014 -
" adorable story of a homo and his last bit of highschool. full of intrigue and mystery, sex and photography, and of course, musical theater. loved it. "
— Kt4000, 12/11/2013 -
" Incredibly funny and inventive. Reminded my of the high school experience I wish I had. "
— Stephen, 12/7/2013 -
" I liked i! I really liked it! It was really funny, I would definitely recommend this to anyone who just wants to laugh and see what CRAZY, hormonal teenagers do with their lives. Great read. Did I mention it was laugh out loud funny? "
— Ivee, 12/5/2013 -
" This is a pretty funny book. "
— Kgaffron, 11/27/2013 -
" This was pretty good. I think I called it a funny, weird book when I passed it off to my husband. Not the greatest book ever, but worth the time I invested in it. "
— Jana, 11/25/2013 -
" I think about this book periodically when watching glee or cake boss... glee because of the musical aspect and cake boss because of Hoboken NJ "
— Cornelia, 11/18/2013 -
" One of my favorite books. "
— Caroline, 11/14/2013 -
" This is now one of my favorite books ever. "
— Julie, 11/2/2013 -
" This was a really engaging and fun book that also provided insight into being an older adolescent and being gay. "
— Lee, 7/9/2013 -
" A tale of hilarious high school hijinx that will resonate with anyone who did theater in high school. Typical teen melodrama and silliness is increased by the fact that all of the main characters are actors. A fun quick read. "
— Denise, 5/6/2013 -
" Laugh-out-loud funny and un-put-downable (word?) but it was just a bit too out there at times that I think it hurt the story. "
— Anikka, 2/3/2013 -
" This book really seemed like a true story except that the main character had a different name than the author. I'm fascinated by musical theater people and this didn't disappoint. "
— Alison, 8/27/2012 -
" This book is a great summer escape. Acito is very funny, so all other books had to wait. "
— Dina, 7/19/2012 -
" I really liked this one. It was very entertaining. I am glad I finally picked it up and read it. "
— Jeffrey, 6/30/2012 -
" This novel by Portland author Acito is hysterically funny and best "read" in audio format as the narrator is superb. "
— Robin, 5/20/2012 -
" Hilarious, but not exactly great literature. Good light, funny reading. "
— Andreavarga, 3/10/2012 -
" Exactly as advertised- sex, theft, friendship, and musical theatre. Also wickedly hilarious. "
— Playwright42, 11/1/2011 -
" oh this is one of the best books ever. it was so much fun to pull off my bookshelf and read. even if I miss some of the 80s references. i get so sucked in every time i read it. what a great coming of age story. "
— Caitlinleah, 5/1/2011 -
" Comic novel by a new member of my teaching staff "
— Adam, 4/8/2011 -
" This was an entertaining read. Nothing too deep, and nothing really to challenge the reader. It is exactly what you would expect it to be from a 1-second analysis of the cover design. "
— Angela, 3/9/2011 -
" One of my all time favorite books! And one of the few stories I love that won't make you cry even once. It's a happy story! "
— Cheri, 2/25/2011 -
" The little inside musical theater jokes take this pretty typical coming of age idea and make it a fantastically entertaining story. "
— Stewart, 2/19/2011 -
" Totally unrealistic but you want to keep on reading to see what happens. It's funny and ends very well. "
— Naz, 1/21/2011 -
" I loved this book - it was so funny and the way it explored the coming of age of a bisexual theater kid was unique and emotionally heartfelt. I highly recommend this one. "
— Meghan, 1/9/2011 -
" Could not put this hilarious book down. Read it in two days on a bus trip. A little graphic in terms of sexual content, but it was just too funny. Highly recommend it! "
— Carol, 12/15/2010 -
" Very funny. I loved his writing style. "
— Sarahz, 10/26/2010 -
" I liked i! I really liked it! It was really funny, I would definitely recommend this to anyone who just wants to laugh and see what CRAZY, hormonal teenagers do with their lives. Great read. Did I mention it was laugh out loud funny? "
— Ivee, 10/22/2010
About Jeff Woodman
Jeff Woodman is an actor and narrator. He is a winner of the prestigious Audie Award and a six-time finalist. He has received twenty Earphones Awards and was named the 2008 Best Voice in Fiction & Classics, as well as one of the Fifty Greatest Voices of the Century by AudioFile magazine. As an actor, he originated the title role in Tennessee Williams’ The Notebook of Trigorin and won the S. F. Critics’ Circle Award for his performance in An Ideal Husband. In addition to numerous theater credits on and off Broadway, his television work includes Sex and the City, Law & Order, and Cosby.