Leave it to Christopher Buckley to write a light, funny book about his recently deceased parents. I really want to read NT Wright's The Resurrection of the Son of God but am waiting until I'm not so sleep-deprived. Losing Mum and Pup is not as edifying -- CB's idea of the afterlife, if there's any, is pretty juvenile -- but it's an entertaining book w/ interesting anecdotes, some flattering and many not, about his famous parents. This book supports the hypothesis that "great" men don't make the best fathers. Yet his son writes with respect and affection for him (and his mother, to a lesser degree).

It sounds like it wasn't easy being WFB's son. Sure, CB has written a number of well-received books, but WFB wrote 50, not counting thousands of columns, not to mention starting the recent conservative movement, so he wasn't impressed (majorly high standards). And it seems clear that no matter what his son did, WFB would not have given up his own role as the alpha male of the Buckley family. He comes across as very controlling, but his son doesn't seem to hold it against him.

It's a fun read.