dirt's review
King Dork
by Frank Portman
dirt's review
King Dork by Frank Portman
dirt's review
rating:
recommended for: people in pretend bands
Written by a guy from the Mr. T Experience. I lost my Mr. T Experience album long ago, but I recall the lyrics being saccharine sweet and stuck in a 9th grade mentality. Imagine extending a M.T.E. song into a whole book and you end up with King Dork, which is not your typical high school memoir because it doesn't suck.
This book is about Tom. Naming your rock band and designing album covers is the most important part of being in a band and Tom excels at this. He also tries to get to know his dead father by reading the deceased's small library.
Most importantly this book makes fun of A Separate Piece which is a horrible book and why they subject high school kids to it is beyond comprehension.
I'd like to leave you with a quote:
"...I have this idea, a dream, really, that part of what it would mean is that the boyfriend is in this little club with the girlfriend where when one is hurt or troubled or being assailed by the cruelties of the world, the other d...more
This book is about Tom. Naming your rock band and designing album covers is the most important part of being in a band and Tom excels at this. He also tries to get to know his dead father by reading the deceased's small library.
Most importantly this book makes fun of A Separate Piece which is a horrible book and why they subject high school kids to it is beyond comprehension.
I'd like to leave you with a quote:
"...I have this idea, a dream, really, that part of what it would mean is that the boyfriend is in this little club with the girlfriend where when one is hurt or troubled or being assailed by the cruelties of the world, the other d...more
