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Where’d You Go, Bernadette

January 19, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Bernadette Fox, one-time genius architect, has settled into a sort of neurotic housewifery in Seattle. But after a serious of hilariously unfortunate events, she disappears – leaving her husband and daughter to try and pick up the pieces and figure out where she went. The Review: All I knew about this book going in is that the author had written for Arrested Development. That fact alone was enough to ensure that I was excited: after all, that show […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Fiction, Humor, Literature, Maria Semple, The Tournament of Books 2013, Where'd You Go Bernadette

Wake Up, Sir!

June 5, 2012 by Drew

The Short Version: Alan Blair, a young writer, is struggling a bit in life – so he hires a valet whose name, not surprisingly, is Jeeves. Jeeves steps in and helps Alan sort out his life… at least, a little. He ends up at a writer’s retreat, ostensibly to work on his next novel, but Jeeves has his hands full keeping his master on the straight and narrow with such dangers as booze, pot, and large-nosed women about. The Review: […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Fiction, Humor, Jonathan Ames, Literature, The Tournament of Books 2005, Wake Up Sir!

Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley

April 28, 2012 by Drew

The Short Version: Twenty-six short stories by “the creator of dystopian worlds and alternative universes”, blending sci-fi, morality, and humor is a way that would later inspire writers like Douglas Adams and Jonathan Lethem. The Review: I vaguely remember reading a handful of these stories as a very young man, in the second floor office at my grandmother’s house – the room where all of the books were, the books my two uncles hadn’t taken with them into their lives. And […]

Categories: Fiction, Sci-Fi, Short Stories • Tags: Alex Abramovich, Dystopian, Fiction, Humor, Jonathan Lethem, New York Review Books, Robert Sheckley, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Store of the Worlds, The Stories of Robert Sheckley

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