My Dog Ate My Nobel Prize: The Fabricated Memoirs of Jeff Martin

by Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin was born in 1980. Jeff Martin made millions on the stock market. Jeff Martin lost millions on the stock market. Jeff Martin stopped a Chinese tank at Tiananmen Square. Jeff Martin managed Michael Dukakis’s 1988 presidential campaign. Jeff Martin co-wrote Aliens 2: More Aliens with James Cameron. Jeff Martin had a torrid and brief creative relationship with Disney’s animation department. Jeff Martin disguised himself as a midget, joined NASA, and became the first-ever child in space, all in tribute to the Challenger space shuttle tragedy.

Such is only a sample of the amazing life of Jeff Martin, a modern-day renaissance man/child, adept at everything, and uniquely attuned to the goings-on of our evolving planet. He is equal parts Doogie Howser and Forest Gump — as likely to break an age barrier as to coincidentally find himself in the trenches of history.

Get ready for a groundbreaking memoir overflowing with action, history, social commentary, and unchecked facts. Along the way, there will be love, loss, cool drawings from Truth Serum cartoonist Jon Adams, and some more unchecked facts. And as a free promotion, we’re offering a money-back guarantee that this book will not disgrace Oprah.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Jeff Martin is an author and editor. His book, The Customer is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles was a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee, a book club selection for Foreword Magazine and a Shelf Awareness Book of the Year. His second book, My Dog Ate My Nobel Prize: The Fabricated Memoirs of Jeff Martin, was released in 2009. He is a frequent contributor to Publishers Weekly, National Public Radio and co-founder of Booksmart Tulsa. Jeff lives with his wife in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Reviews

[Lora · Rating 2 out of 5]

2-1/2 stars. It takes about half an hour to get through, maybe. I did a fair amount of snickering over the utter implausibility of most of the author's exploits, but overall it's not quite as clever as its premise. Could be fun for those who don't like to read, but they should definitely keep their money and just borrow it from the library. Or it would be good for airport bookshops to sell, since planes are good venues for slight books.

[Crystal · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was really excited about this when I saw it on the recommended shelf at the library. Unfortunately, I laughed more at the back cover and the Author's Note than I did during the book. I don't think that I even cracked a smile. The book is all of about 120 pages, half of those being half pages and illustrations, and yet it took me 4 days to get through it.

[J]

Hilarious. Looks to be about a 15-minute read.

[Josh · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm glad I bought this book used because a couple funny passages in a 100 page book, some pages with only a sentence on them, does not warrant 12.95. What a scam.