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Everything Hurts
by
Bill Scheft
Phil Camp has a problem. Not the fact that he wrote a parody of a self-help book ("Where Can I Stow My Baggage?") that the world took seriously and that became an international bestseller, or that he wrote the book under a phony name, Marty Fleck, and the phony name became a self-help guru overnight. Phil cannot be Marty Fleck. He can barely be himself. No, Phil's problem...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
April 7th 2009
by Simon & Schuster
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It was a complete 'fluke' that Phil Camp (using the pen name Marty Fluke) wrote a best selling self-help book called 'Where Can I Stow My Baggage?'. Phil knows that he AND his book are phony. What really complicates matters is that Phil is suffering from intense pain in his leg which is causing him to walk with a constant limp... this pain seems to have no physical origin. Phil finds himself in the hospital, about to undergo surgery, when he meets Dr. Samuel Abrun... an honest-to-goodness docto...more
Picked this up a few days ago looking for March, by Gwendolyn Brooks for our in-house club, and Staceyann Chin's autobio, The Other Side of Paradise for my poets who joined me in Bryant Park last Thurs.
I laughed at least once every other page, I mean lol, style and I thought I could use a break from these other heady reads.
Also picked up Kick the Balls, by this Scotsman, living in California dealing with a bit of culture shock and coaching the "Bad News Bears" of soccer. Promises to be a bit rau...more
I laughed at least once every other page, I mean lol, style and I thought I could use a break from these other heady reads.
Also picked up Kick the Balls, by this Scotsman, living in California dealing with a bit of culture shock and coaching the "Bad News Bears" of soccer. Promises to be a bit rau...more
OK, I knew this was going to be funny with pull quotes from the likes of Lewis Black & Larry David. As a starter he nails what it is to be Jewish (or any minority, I suppose), but especially insightful into the pains of my creed. But what a literary device: the narrator suffers from "Acute Psychogenic Syndrome," so he has to come to terms with the rage that creates his ongoing physical pain. This brilliant way of fleshing out a character makes one overlook niggling mistakes and the incredibl...more
Let me first start by saying that I did not find Everything Hurts to be as funny as it is declared in the synopsis. The book is hinged on sarcastic one-liners and perhaps some people would find that humorous but for the most part the sheer number of these one-liners spread throughout the book really made it difficult for me to find the humor in it all.
What is very true about the book is the irony in Everything Hurts. The story centers on the character Phil Camps, who writes a book under a pseudo...more
What is very true about the book is the irony in Everything Hurts. The story centers on the character Phil Camps, who writes a book under a pseudo...more
I read this book as I was starting to really have problems with the back pain that had been bothering me a little bit for months. It was just the book for my frame of mind.
This is funny book. No question. It's a very satirical humor, which I enjoy. As with most satire, even its most ridiculous moments have roots in reality.
I enjoyed both of the self-help gurus: The doctor who claims all physical pain is caused by issues in the psyche. Resolve those, and the pain will go away. The problem is, wh...more
This is funny book. No question. It's a very satirical humor, which I enjoy. As with most satire, even its most ridiculous moments have roots in reality.
I enjoyed both of the self-help gurus: The doctor who claims all physical pain is caused by issues in the psyche. Resolve those, and the pain will go away. The problem is, wh...more
I know I requested this book for review some time ago but each time I went to read it I could not figure out why on earth I had requested it. Bill Scheft is a writer for David Letterman and writes humor. My husband says I have no sense of humor and I know that in the past I haven't found books that rely on humor at the expense of people to be funny. I still don't know what made me request Everything Hurts: A Novel but I'm really glad I did!
Bill Scheft truly brings to life Phil Camp's pain and hi...more
Bill Scheft truly brings to life Phil Camp's pain and hi...more
This was a clever idea, but ultimately the tone put me off. Once I realized that the author is a writer for David Letterman, I recognized the attitude as flippant, cocky, late-night man-humor. This is why I don't watch late-night talk shows.
This book was obviously written with the intention of being read by a middle aged Jewish man. Despite all evidence to the contrary, I am not a middle aged Jewish man. So this book was somewhat enjoyable, but not really my thing.
Easy read. Somewhat funny. It was altogether a book that should have been better. The ending was way too long and though everything was resolved, that some how bothered me.
So Bill Scheft wrote this as therapy for his own hip problem. It is marginally clever and rarely funny. Bomb threat at wedding is damn good, though.
Meh. Silliness. And not nearly as funny as I had hoped.
meh. Must speak to someone....just not me.
Apr 14, 2009
Christina (Boupie)
marked it as to-read
Released in April, May or June 2009
Apparently, I am Marty Fleck.
Good. Very funny.
...ehh...
I wanted to give this four stars, I really did, because it made me laugh. And so few books can do that, but it just wasn't that interesting a story. It was a nice break from some of the more serious books I've been reading and if you're looking for a "cute" read for your summer vacation you could do a lot worse.
May 16, 2010
Mary
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This book suffered a lacking editor, who left syntax issues and missing words alone, and a naration style that could at times alienate the reader. However, in the end it wound up being a dear story about family that was worth the read.
Not my favorite of his books (the blurb from Larry David should have been a clue), but still a quick read, well written.
A funny novel that suggests that our psychological pain causes most of our physical pain.
Apr 07, 2013
Qni
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