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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland

Dave Barry

3.80 · Rating details · 4,188 ratings · 738 reviews

A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author Dave Barry.

We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, “What the hell is wrong with Florida?” ...more

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Dec 07, 2016 Tom Mathews rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2016, non-fiction, humor, southern-lit

I have long been a fan of Dave Barry. Back when I was a young lad pondering what it was that made women so different from us male types I happened upon this cogent observation by Barry, then a columnist for the Miami Herald.

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.

Wow! How could I not make the source of such wisdom one of my go-to guys when it comes to the subject ...more

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Jan 12, 2018 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

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"So we have an apparent contradiction: On the one hand, the national consensus is that Florida is a stupid weird insane dysfunctional hellhole that is also – I forgot to mention this earlier – a hurricane zone that is soon going to be largely submerged when global climate change causes the seas to rise to the point where vast heards of lobsters roam what is now Interstate 95. On the other hand, people keep coming here. And most of them – even the non-stupid ones – decide to stay here. Th
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Jun 30, 2019 Negin rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: those who want to visit places in Florida that are off the beaten path

Shelves: usa

Before joining Good Reads, I had read a few Dave Barry books – most of them had me laughing out loud, almost to the point of crying. When we were at Miami International Airport recently, my daughter and I headed to the bookstore as soon as we could. We were waiting to board our flight back to the small island where we live, an island where there are no proper bookstores. Whenever we get to travel, we shop as much as we can and crave bookstores like you wouldn’t believe. Anyway, I digress. I saw ...more

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Jul 07, 2016 Cindy Burnett rated it really liked it

Shelves: net-galley

4.5 stars

Dave Barry is hilarious. In Best. State. Ever., he focuses his brilliant comedic mind on his home state of thirty years, Florida. In order to write this book, he travels around the state, sometimes alone and at other times with a friend, seeking out Florida’s most interesting locales. As the book begins, Barry states that he believes Florida has gotten a bad rap ever since the 2000 election and the whole “hanging chad” incident. As a result, he decided to write this book to help change 4.5 stars

Dave Barry is hilarious. In Best. State. Ever., he focuses his brilliant comedic mind on his home state of thirty years, Florida. In order to write this book, he travels around the state, sometimes alone and at other times with a friend, seeking out Florida’s most interesting locales. As the book begins, Barry states that he believes Florida has gotten a bad rap ever since the 2000 election and the whole “hanging chad” incident. As a result, he decided to write this book to help change people’s opinions about Florida by taking readers to the various highlights of the state.

My favorite story by far was the one about Cassadaga, a town known for its ghosts and spiritual encounters with the nickname The Psychic Capital of the World. The way Barry relays his visit to that town from the hotel in which he stayed to the two psychics he visited to the spirits that “visited” his room is a riot. His visit to Judy the medium is hysterical, and his subsequent visit to Rev. Janet, the psychic, is equally funny especially as he continues to reference her predictions regarding his dog and mother. I also enjoyed The Villages, his essay about the huge retirement community in Florida, and Weeki Wachee and Spongeorama, the section he wrote about an amusement park with swimming mermaids that preceded Disney World and is still trapped in the 1950s and Tarpon Springs, the U.S. Sponge Capital.

The photos included by Barry really enhance his stories. It was great fun to see the notes the psychic gave him, pictures of the various eccentric individuals he met, the hotel in Cassadaga, and the houses at The Villages. The other great addition to the book is his rating system using Mold-A-Matic machines. After encountering the machines at various tourist stops (usually in non-working order), he adopts a rating scale for each place he visits and includes a graphic with the proper number of Mold-A-Matic machines based on his rating for that venue. It was very clever.

I highly recommend Best. State. Ever. Thanks to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for this advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
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Mar 22, 2017 Tim rated it really liked it

Good humor as always from Dave Barry, as he takes us through much of Florida. 7 of 10 stars

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Jul 14, 2016 Monnie rated it it was amazing

From my days as a spring chicken to now, when I'm officially an old hen, one thing has been a constant: I love to laugh. And one person on whom I can count to make me yuck it up - whether via a syndicated newspaper column or one of his books - is Dave Barry. So when the publisher offered me the chance to read and review an advance copy of his newest effort, I said bring it on.

It is, thank goodness, rather short - I finished the whole thing in a couple of hours. Had it been much longer, I'm sure From my days as a spring chicken to now, when I'm officially an old hen, one thing has been a constant: I love to laugh. And one person on whom I can count to make me yuck it up - whether via a syndicated newspaper column or one of his books - is Dave Barry. So when the publisher offered me the chance to read and review an advance copy of his newest effort, I said bring it on.

It is, thank goodness, rather short - I finished the whole thing in a couple of hours. Had it been much longer, I'm sure I'd have been banished to the basement while I read. Almost from page one, my chortles and guffaws started - annoying the heck out of my husband, who sat in his easy chair across from me trying to watch TV or read a book of his own.

This time, Barry takes on Florida, where he's lived for 30 years. Much of that time, he says, he's been getting calls asking what's wrong with the Sunshine State, and the laughing has grown even worse since the 2000 Presidential election fiasco. So, he's decided to clear things up, taking himself - and now readers - to the best that Florida has to offer. He includes a brief but enlightening history ("...nothing much happened in the seventies, unless you count disco, which sucked as much in Florida as it did everywhere else," he writes).

Actually, one big event did happen in the '70s - Walt Disney World - and tourism hasn't been the same since as visitors began heading straight to the Orlando paradise, skipping the once-popular roadside attractions. Now, though, we learn what we've been missing lo these many years: Places like Cassadega, known for ghosts and all things spiritual; The Villages, the world's largest retirement community that's chock full of tricked-out golf carts; and Gatorland, the Allligator Capital of the World (no further explanation needed).

The places on the list are almost as offbeat as his humor, which is sometimes tongue-in-cheek and often irreverent - just the way I love it. Put another way, Dave, you've still got it - it's been 24 hours since I reached the end and I'm still chuckling.
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Sep 30, 2017 Amy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This guy is soooo funny. To really appreciate this book it is best if you are from the north and have lived in Florida for awhile. However, it's funny no matter what. He talks about some silly places in Florida. Of course not places I take people who visit. ...more

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Feb 02, 2020 Lorna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: florida, palm-beach-county-one-book

Best. State. Ever. by Dave Barry is a very humorous and delightful look at the state of Florida. One of the advantages of retirement has been the ability to travel. We have been able to spend a lot of time in Florida for the last few years, and what can I say? I love our time here. The dedication by Dave Barry may say it all:

To my fellow Floridians:
Don't ever sober up.

Barry begins with a brief history of Florida, which still continues to fascinate me. He discusses when the Spanish explorers Best. State. Ever. by Dave Barry is a very humorous and delightful look at the state of Florida. One of the advantages of retirement has been the ability to travel. We have been able to spend a lot of time in Florida for the last few years, and what can I say? I love our time here. The dedication by Dave Barry may say it all:

To my fellow Floridians:
Don't ever sober up.

Barry begins with a brief history of Florida, which still continues to fascinate me. He discusses when the Spanish explorers discovered Florida in the sixteenth century and the impact on the native Americans. He then starts near Miami and explores very strange myths and areas such as The Skunk Ape and the campground where this phenomenon, and others, can be explored. Barry's trek through Florida continues with such areas as Weeki Wachee Springs and Spongeorama complete with mermaids and Florida tourism. As bizarre as these attractions, we were then informed about his trip to Cassadaga described literally as a ghost town with many mediums and psychics. But a trip to Florida would not be complete without a visit to The Villages, the world's largest retirement community. No, we do not live there. . . and that is a good thing! Then Barry takes us on to Gatorland and, a shooting range in Miami boasting the nation's greatest variety of fully automatic machine guns available. Not a place I would endorse or ever be. But while in Miami, Dave Barry and his wife tried to score admission to LIV, the hottest nightclub in Miami Beach in the iconic Fontainebleau Hotel.

"Walk past the Bugattis parked out front, through the
glass sliding doors and veer right across the marble-
floored lobby of Miami's Fontainebleau hotel, and
--voila!--you're there. Welcome to chic, celebrity-
infested LIV."

Best. State. Ever. concludes with a visit to Key West, one of my favorite places in this beautiful state.

"Key West is Florida's Florida--the place way down at the bottom where the weirdest of the weird end up; the place where the abnormal is normal."

While this was a humorous look at the weirdness of Florida, it is clear that Dave Barry loves this state that he has called home for some time. He brings out a lot of the unflattering coverage of the state culminating in the debacle of the "hanging chads" in Broward County in the presidential election of 2000, finally leading to the United States Supreme Court ruling in favor of Bush.

"And the nation did not forget. The nation had formed a negative, stereotyped image of Florida as being a subtropical festival of stupid."

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Jul 17, 2016 Erin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc-review, nonfiction, humor

ARC for review. EPD September 6, 2016.

Reasons this book gets five stars:

1. It made me laugh out loud. Twice. Books hardly ever make me laugh out loud.

2. The dedication: "To my fellow Floridians: Don't ever sober up."

3. The beginning: "Every few months I get a call from some media person wanting to interview me about Florida where I have lived for three decades. The tone of the interview is never positive, or even neutral. The interviewer never asks: Why do you live in Florida? Or: "What do you ARC for review. EPD September 6, 2016.

Reasons this book gets five stars:

1. It made me laugh out loud. Twice. Books hardly ever make me laugh out loud.

2. The dedication: "To my fellow Floridians: Don't ever sober up."

3. The beginning: "Every few months I get a call from some media person wanting to interview me about Florida where I have lived for three decades. The tone of the interview is never positive, or even neutral. The interviewer never asks: Why do you live in Florida? Or: "What do you like about Florida? No, the tone is always: "What the hell is wrong with Florida?"

I should note that these interviewers are not always calling from states that have a lot of (sic) brag about. I have been interviewed on the wrongness of Florida by people who live in, for example, Illinois. Not to be picky, but there are a few things wrong with Illinois. For one thing, the voters there keep electing criminals to high office. Illinois constantly has to build new prisons just to hold all of its convicted former governors, who form violent prison gangs and get into rumbles with gangs of convicted former state legislators. If Charles Manson ever gets out on parole and needs a job, he can move to Illinois and run for governor. The voters would say, "Looks like gubernatorial material to me!"

Also, Illinois has done a poor job of handling its finances, which is why its official credit rating, as determine by Moody's Investors Service, was recently lowered from "Meth Addict" to "Labrador Retriever." And this is the state from which a media person called to ask me what is wrong with Florida.

4. Some great photographs.

5. I'm a Florida native, born in Orlando, and since I was in college my parents have always kept a residence in Florida, spending years on both the east and west coasts (but not the panhandle. I'm not sure I can defend the panhandle). If my husband and I ever retire away from here, it's likely to be in Florida....we both agree on this. I feel comfortable there, but I also get why Barry feels like he has to defend his state - it can be trashy and corrupt, but it's also beautiful and the weather is great and, well, hell, just read the book....there's all kinds of interesting stuff there!

6. Skunk apes! ...more

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Sep 18, 2016 Craig Pittman rated it really liked it

This may be the best non-fiction book Dave Barry has ever written. No, I am not making that up. And I'm not just saying it because I read it in two days.

Barry, who won a Pulitzer for commentary back when he was a Miami Herald columnist, wrote this book to defend the state he's lived in for 30 years against all the slings and arrows of people in other states who are always laughing at Florida. He starts off by explaining why the other states shouldn't sneer at Florida, and why he loves it, and th ...more

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Oct 29, 2016 Michel Avenali rated it liked it

An interesting and funny book about Florida best appreciated by those of us who live here. Having lived in South Florida for way longer than I like to think on, a lot of it resonated with me and some of the anecdotes had me either smiling or laughing at how true they were. That being said, this is a book that is written by and for an older demographic (baby boomers); a generation that can relate better to the author and some of the anecdotes. Overall, it was a fun quick read that read like a ver ...more

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Sep 10, 2017 Sarah Swann rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I loved being able to read his while Hurricane Irma is going over my beloved state right now. It took my mind off of what was happening and gave me good feelings about Florida. And I even recognized one of the landmarks that I have driven by quite a lot (the dinosaur). This book made me laugh out loud quite a bit and I was nodding at so many things he was saying as a fellow Floridian. Loved it!

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Nov 08, 2019 Diz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: florida, humor, travel

Dave Barry uses his trademark wit to roast his home state. In this book, Barry visits Key West, a Miami club, a retirement community, and several roadside attractions in an attempt to figure out why Florida is considered to be so weird. The writing is funny, but there is also a sense of sadness as he encounters people who seem to be lost in a rapidly changing state.

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Mar 10, 2020 The Dusty Jacket rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adult-non-fiction

Poor Florida. A state that has become synonymous with all things weird, daft, looney, loco, nutty, and just plain one-beer-short-of-a-six-pack crazy. Don’t believe me? Just Google “Florida Man” along with your birth month and day and ten times out of ten (or REALLY close to it), a corresponding headline will pop up. For example, on my birthday, this made the headlines: “Naked Florida man breaks into home, tries on woman’s clothes, police say”. See? Well let me tell you something. Dave Barry is S Poor Florida. A state that has become synonymous with all things weird, daft, looney, loco, nutty, and just plain one-beer-short-of-a-six-pack crazy. Don’t believe me? Just Google “Florida Man” along with your birth month and day and ten times out of ten (or REALLY close to it), a corresponding headline will pop up. For example, on my birthday, this made the headlines: “Naked Florida man breaks into home, tries on woman’s clothes, police say”. See? Well let me tell you something. Dave Barry is S-I-C-K of people wrongfully labeling his beloved state and he’s set out to defend the good name of his hometown by showing us the lighter and brighter (and not necessarily saner) side of “The Sunshine State”. So, buckle up because you’re in for an interesting and unforgettable ride!

According to "Cosmopolitan" magazine, women are attracted to guys with a sense of humor. If that’s the case, then Dave Barry is one of the sexiest men alive. With "Best. State. Ever. A Florida Man Defends His Homeland", Barry gives us "Fodor’s" on laughing gas. His book contains countless (truly) laugh-out-loud moments that makes reading in public a somewhat perilous undertaking…unless you love awkward moments and getting suspicious side glances from complete strangers. Barry lovingly introduces us to real-life, overlooked treasures and he does so with the warmth, adoration, and pride as a parent would present his first-born to the world. Through wit and black and white photos, we meet Dave Shealy, operator of Skunk-Ape Research Headquarters in Ochopee; we delight in watching mermaids eat underwater (they get hungry, you know) and waving an American flag at Weeki Wachee Springs; and we get to know more than we ever thought imaginable at the Spongeorama in Tarpon Springs. Using a Florida Tourist Attraction rating system of Out-of-Order Mold-A-Matics, Barry ranks these unsung heroes on a scale from one to five (five being the BEST…and he even rates one attraction a six, but you have to read the book to discover this hidden gem) and offers valuable insights that only a native can appreciate and share.

Read "Best. State. Ever." and I promise (or at least hope) that you’ll laugh, you’ll cry (from laughing), and you’ll probably Google “Florida Man” and your birthday as soon as you finish reading this review. But mostly, you’ll have fun gaining a whole new perspective and appreciation for a state that was not only known as the birthplace of the “hanging chad”, but is also chockful of anything and everything that is weird, daft, looney, loco, nutty, and just plain one-beer-short-of-a-six-pack crazy.

(Reviewer’s Note: If you love the gloriously quirky, kitschy, and sometimes tacky roadside attractions that are a part of our unique culture, then I highly recommend you continue your journey with Betsy Carter’s book entitled "Swim to Me" about the mermaids of Weeki Wachee. I think Dave would approve.) ...more

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Sep 15, 2016 Fred Forbes rated it really liked it

Interesting that this is published so soon after "Oh, Florida" discussing our weirdness and the effect on other states. That book took a higher tone but vulgar and sophomoric can do it for me now and then, especially in a book by a fellow boomer discussing my home state and places I know and love. Enjoyed his research into all the hot sex in "The Villages", the shark dying in a traffic accident, the exclusive club in the Fountainbleau, etc. But, especially as one who has enjoyed "a cool refreshi ...more

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Jan 22, 2020 Peter Tillman rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: Dave Barry & Florida fans

Shelves: travel, at-bg-pa, humor, maybe-read-already

One never knows with humor for others, but Dave Barry is a reliable source for me.
A couple of highlights:
● One-stop shopping at the Florida Citrus Center. For all your wind chime and gator-head needs!
● Trying out machine-guns at Miami's Lock & Load. A Package Deal for around $200 includes 100 rounds of ammo. Dave adds 25 shots with a Glock for an extra $29.
● Many, many refreshing beers with an old pal in Key West. Jimmy Buffet tunes are big there.

Second read, I think. ...more

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Oct 05, 2016 Paul Pessolano rated it really liked it

“Best State Ever” by Dave Barry, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

Category – Humor Publication Date – September 06, 2016.

Since the 2000 election, and maybe before that, the State of Florida has become a State of the weird, impossible, unbelievable, and downright crazy. Dave Barry who lives in and loves the State will even admit to this but also tries to defend Florida in his latest book.

Dave doesn’t deny the fact that Florida tries to hide its cockroaches by calling them Palmetto Bugs. He also tr ...more

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Oct 20, 2016 Jeffrey rated it liked it

Classic Dave Barry. I remember as a teenager sitting at my parents' table eating dinner and my Dad reading Dave Barry's column about the exploding whale. If you haven't read it, then you need to find it online. Then go to youtube and watch the video. Dave Barry hasn't changed a bit in almost 30 years. This is one of his many non-fiction (loosely applied here) books. His adult fiction is, well, pretty adult. His juvenile fiction is awesome: the Peter and the Starcatchers series, Science Fair, etc ...more

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Oct 12, 2016 Gina rated it liked it

I lived in Florida for a few years on the Space Coast. I loved that it never snowed. I could get good Italian food at my choice of a crazy number of Italian restaurants, and the people watching was Olympic level awesome. I prefer Gatorland to Disney, and the sunsets are incredible. This book is a laugh out loud homage to all the crazy of Florida while retaining why people seem to love its quirky charm. And I really did laugh out loud several times. However, I wish Barry had included a few more F ...more

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Oct 15, 2018 Carol rated it really liked it

Barry has always been a writer who can make the reader laugh out loud regardless of the subject but when the subject is Florida -- well, he's a master. I lived in Florida and he absolutely nails the way that people from elsewhere react to the crazy stuff that happens in Florida by saying "what is wrong with people down there? or how can you live there?" Trust me when I say that the same thought crosses the minds of most people particularly when a new arrival first becomes a resident, but after a ...more

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Dec 30, 2020 Angela Hunt rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Dave Barry always cracks me up. As a fellow native Floridian (or maybe he's not native?), I related to a lot of his stories. Florida is quirky, but wonderful, and I hope it stays that way and is not overly influenced by all the folks who migrate here from Somewhere Else.

Funny book, only wish it had been longer! ...more

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Mar 28, 2020 Erin Bomboy rated it liked it

As someone who lived in Florida for six years (Naples for two, Fort Lauderdale for four), I can attest that it is a weird, sometimes trashy state filled with folks whose hometowns wouldn't claim them. Although there are nice areas (Sarasota, pretty much), most of it is filled with identical neighborhoods of cookie-cutter Spanish-styled homes and large, scary insects.

I could go on (and on) about my bizarre experiences Florida (these include, but are not limited to, living in an apartment complex ...more

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Sep 06, 2016 Shoshana rated it it was amazing

“Best. State. Ever. A Florida Man Defends His Homeland,” is Dave Barry’s paean to his adopted state of Florida. Dave Barry is always funny, but this book is a masterpiece of hilarity. I giggled, laughed out loud, and even guffawed my way through it. It is not a long book, but it is chock-full of oddities, interesting eccentric people, Florida-specific sights, and it almost makes the reader want to rush down there and partake in the fun.

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Jan 22, 2019 John rated it liked it

A lighthearted, humorous look at the history of Florida. The angle is: this is my state and it is better than your state. Okay, fair enough, but things get a little tedious when that is the starting point. This book could be considered the opposite of a page turner.

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Dec 03, 2016 Ginger rated it liked it

Hilarious. Laugh out loud funny. Classic Dave Barry. I do love my adopted state. Even if mullets and scrunchies and reptile stores abound.

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Feb 14, 2017 Bookista added it

Really funny! This book made me happy. Most of it is Dave Barry traveling around Florida, and these are the best bits! <3

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May 27, 2017 Cathy rated it really liked it

Shelves: humor

Dave Barry was one of the first columnists I ever read religiously, going back 30+ years now. I looked forward every New Year to his annual recap of the year prior; I've read his non-fiction memoirs, I've read his novels and I've gone to see him speak when he gave a presentation in my town. For some inexplainable reason that I can't possibly fathom, I haven't picked up a Barry book in about 3 or 4 years. Big mistake. Reading "Best. State. Ever...." brought me back to the unbridled joy I feel whe ...more

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Apr 01, 2019 Zora rated it really liked it

The funniest thing he has written in years. I love those old tourist places.

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Nov 18, 2020 Caitlin rated it really liked it

Whether you love it or hate it, Florida certainly isn’t dull. I laughed so hard because unfortunately, it’s all true.

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Apr 24, 2020 Ewreck82 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Quick, fun read full of witty anecdotes. This is my first Dave Barry book but I'm thinking it won't be my last. ...more

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Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.
Dave has also written a total of 30 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information. Two of his books were used as ...more