The Magic Christian (Abridged) Audiobook

" One of the most influential American satirists of his generation "

" Interesting in the beginning, but sort of fizzled out for me in the end. "

" Laughed my butt off. "

" I didn't find most of Guy's pranks that funny. "

" Jolly amusing. "

" I was expecting so much more from the man who wrote the screenplay for Dr. Strangelove, one of my favorite movies. Sadly, this book just hasn't aged as well as Strangelove, and I don't think that my generation would find the practical jokes played by Guy Grand to be all that funny in the world we live in today. It only gets 2 stars because I laughed while reading the chapter on the Magic Christian, but that payoff was to little and came to late for me to recommend this book to anyone else. "

" Southern had me laughing at the absurdity of society. I must reread this soon! "

" Wonderfully satirical "

" More dark hilarity from America's best satirist. "

" This is one of the few books, in my opinion, that does third person well. It's a simple, short, easy read, but it's smart, funny and socially conscious. "

" Actually funny, like, you'll laugh out loud, which is often written on books but rarely true "

" One amusing and somewhat clever idea, repeated ad nauseam for 150 pages. Funny more often than not. "

" Boring and repetitive. This guy co-wrote Dr. Strangelove? "

" A man with nearly infinite means uses his fortune to play expansive practical jokes on society, only a few of which are amusing or interesting. "

" The idea is nice but the plot is very poor and repetitive. I guess it's either you love it or you hate it and I had just read such amazing literature for my uni course that it couldn't stay up to it. So short as it is, felt super long. "

" I just remembered I read this one about 15 years ago. It was made into an odd movie starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. "

" For pure humor, this is outstanding. "

" Yes, it's true. This IS one of the sickest, funniest, most original books of all time. You'll laugh your guts out, for all the wrong reasons. "

" I don't think I got this book. "

" LOLZ, indeed. "

" The hook part was funny. "

" A comedy classic, I suppose, but it's awfully slight. "

" what would you do for a Klondike bar? "

" Fat white American tycoon throws money around like a teenage Arab in a blonde titty bar. Satire at its finest. "

" wickedly wonderful; diabolical and hilarious "

" A practical joker with money to burn, Guy Grand enjoys the antics and plots that he visits upon unsuspecting members of America. Attemping to be a cautionary tale about the power of greed, the novel reads more as a vicious look at one man's callous attempts at humor - at the expense of others. "

" It had a few moments, but I don't think this book aged well. The "Yes Men" do this way better. "

" I just remembered I read this one about 15 years ago. It was made into an odd movie starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. "

" Man, what a waste. This book was neither funny nor entertaining. It was like a cruel and unfunny Wodehouse. I'll stick with Bertie and Jeeves. "

" Quite possibly the funniest book ever written. (Yes, even funnier than Confederacy of Dunces.) "

" Very funny at parts. But I couldn't jive with the writing style (my own hangup) well enough to keep a steady reading pace, which impeded my ability to absorb the humor. I still appreciate its scathing send-up at its core, though. "

" For pure humor, this is outstanding. "

" I don't think I got this book. "