Product Description
As new condition yellow boards, red spine and white spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket.
Includes List of Other Books by Dave Barry; Author Dedication; Introduction; Appendix: A Good Name for a Rock Band; Image Credits and Acknowledgments.
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.
"Every one who meets Dave Barry says 'He's the funniest guy I know.
' But the story behind this funny guy is also - surprise! - funny.
And heartfelt, tender, colorful, fascinating, and really, really, funny.
You'll love it!" - Mitch Albom, author.
"Dave Barry, who decades ago retired the trophy as America's funniest writer, is a great writer, period - a master of every word.
Class Clown is rib-achingly funny, but also wise and tender and piercingly honest, the story of a life dedicated to the truths that so often can only be spoken through humor.
" - Scott Turow.
"Laugh-out-loud funny, and as a bonus: heartfelt and incisive.
" - Stephen King.
"Dave Barry is incapable of writing a dull sentence.
But he doesn't skim over the dark parts - personal or professional - in this memoir, and his joie de vivre left me feeling more buoyant than when I set out.
Class Clown is destined to become a classic.
" - Mary Karr, author.
"Hilarious, laugh-out-loud, riotous, incredibly funny.
I wish Dave worked for me so I could make him stand in front of me and amuse me constantly.
But for now, we have this wonderful book.
It's really, really delightful and a great read.
" - Steve Martin.
"Dave Barry is by far the greatest author of his generation.
And I'm not just saying that because he kidnapped my dog.
" - Amy Tan.
"America's most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you'd expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything.
How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for writing a wildly inaccurate newspaper column read by millions of people? In Class Clown, Dave Barry takes us on a hilarious ride, starting with a childhood largely spent throwing rocks for entertainment and preparing for nuclear war by hiding under a classroom desk.
He was literally elected class clown in high school, the highest office he has ever held, despite several runs at the presidency.
He began his journalism career at a small-town Pennsylvania newspaper, took a detour into the business world as a writing consultant, then somehow would up as a humor columnist for the Miami Herald, where his boss encouraged him to write about anything that struck him as amusing and to never worry about alienating anyone.
As a result, he managd to alienate a vast army of Neil Diamond fans, and the entire state of Indiana.
But he also developed a loyal following of readers, became a successful book author, and even joined a literary rock band.
As for his literary legacy, Dave writes: "I'll never have the critical acclaim of, say, Marcel Proust.
But was Marcel Proust ever on Carson? Did he.
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