<![CDATA[The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes (Vintage)]]>

false <![CDATA[The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes (Vintage)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256141127m/1656999.jpg 1656999 1 As John Hodgman says in this book's introduction, “We all know that books are funny. First, they are made of paste and cloth, which is funny, as is the fact that people still buy and read them.” With that in mind, the McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes collects the best book-related humor from the humor-laden archives of McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Open it and be regaled by such sketches, lists, letters, and spoofs as: Postcards from James Joyce to his Brother Stan Winnie-the-Pooh is My Coworker Ikea Product or Lord of the Rings Character? Popular Children's Fairy Tales Reimagined Using Members of My Family The Very Unauthorized Biography of Steven Seagal Chuck Norris Erotica John Updike, Television Writer Jane Eyre Runs for President Cormac McCarthy Writes to the Editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican Holden Caulfield Gives the Commencement Speech to a High School Letters from Odysseus's College Roommate And many more. 1651680 1 4 2008 The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes (Vintage) total:243|5:42|4:104|3:74|2:20|1:3| 243 891 389 70 4 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 20:34:09 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 05:57:41 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 22:42:58 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 19:32:51 -0700 2008 Mcsweeneys.net that you can read in the tub.]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 27 18:28:17 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 10:23:03 -0700 2008
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If self-reflective sap stories with an overwhelming dose of awkwardness are what pass for jokes in this so-called "post-ironic" era, we all need to reflect on the unreadable results our philosophic shift has caused and tremble.

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V]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 14:35:38 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 14:40:41 -0800 2009 Wouldn't you like to read about the earlier epic battles of Grendel's mother? Or Portrait of the Artist as a middle-aged TOEFL teacher.
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Extremely funny stuff - humor pieces from a variety of writers about classic books, famous authors and the literary world (i.e., "Holden Caulfield Gives the Commencement Speech to a High School")

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Lit. humor. Some of it very, very wrong. ]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 02:31:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 21:51:49 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Dec 31 08:31:57 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:40:23 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:31:57 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1656999