Hyperbole and a half : unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened
Summary
"This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative -- like maybe someone who isn't me wrote it -- but I soon di... Full description
Summary: |
"This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative -- like maybe someone who isn't me wrote it -- but I soon discovered that I'm not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures; Words; Stories about things that happened to me; Stories about things that happened to other people because of me; Eight billion dollars*; Stories about dogs; The secret to eternal happiness*; *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!"--Amazon.com |
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Item Description: |
"A Touchstone book." |
Physical Description: |
x, 369 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
ISBN: |
9781476764597 9781451666175 (pbk.) 1451666179 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |