If there’s one thing that New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dave Barry is an expert on, it’s raising a daughter. …which means he’s not an expert on much considering the breadth of his knowledge on that subject fills only a single chapter of a book. However, what Dave Barry is good at is giving unsolicited advice on topics he’s definitively not an expert on. In fact, he now has an entire book filled with guidance on things he knows nothing about, including: surviving in the wild, wooing women, cremation, maintaining a scintillating conversation, Justin Bieber, the U.S. Postal Service, enduring the TSA, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and, most obviously, being a professional author. With trademark wit and unmatched insight into the insanity of everyday life, Dave Barry presents a series of hilarious, never-before-published essays on the trials and tribulations of living and laughing in the modern age.
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“Award-winning humor author Dave
Barry dishes up an assortment of ripe essays exposing the ridiculous sides of
life through his classic style of dry and sardonic humor. This entertaining
listen provides Barry’s observations on parenting, funeral planning, bat
mitzvahs, relationships, and contemporary culture. Listeners are also treated
to an amusing travelogue depicting a family vacation in Israel. Barry’s nasal
tone and unpolished cadence may diminish the performance for listeners
accustomed to more skilled narrators. However, with Barry as the narrator of
his own work, the essays take on the quality of a stand-up comedy monologue
with impeccable comedic pauses. Barry’s conversational diction and near perfect
delivery of cheeky humor make up for his periodic bungling of pronunciations.
Overall, Barry delivers another collection of hilariously entertaining essays.”
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