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Little Billy's Letters: An Incorrigible Inner Child's Correspondence With The Famous, Infamous, And Just Plain Bewildered (2010)

by Bill Geerhart(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0061807281 (ISBN13: 9780061807282)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

William Morrow & Company

review 1: The author wrote letters to politicians, companies (like fast food restaurants & breakfast cereal companies), celebrities, and other famous (and scary) individuals using his 3rd grade pseudonym "Billy", under the guise of a class project asking for advice and autographs. The author's sarcastic quips on the responses as well as his obviously liberal biographies of the letter's recipients made me have to read several aloud. Most letters were written in the 90s-early 2000s, but he does include a letter to former Governor Palin.Why I picked up the book: I found the book on a cart of just returned items and the letters on the front and back cover grabbed my attention.Why I finished it: The book is easy to read, funny, and a great road trip read. It was fun to see which respons... morees were form letters and which were actual replies to the questions asked. Some of the responses were a bit scary (Charles Manson and the Night Stalker). I'd give it to: High school students & adults looking for a laugh. Some of the recipients are convicted felons & murderers as well as a few alcohol companies.
review 2: First of all, please don't spend money on this book. Look for it in your local library or borrow it from a friend. It's just not worth the $20 that this book purports to be worth. This book is a collection of letters written by and to a little boy named Billy, who is a figment of the author's imagination. The concept of this book is that Little Billy writes letters to famous people asking for their advice and then records their answers. I suppose it was meant to be funny, but I couldn't muster up a single giggle. The responses that little Billy gets are pretty generic and formulaic. Oh sure, the Nestle Quik rabbit sends back a coupon for a free chocolate milk. Who could've predicted that? I found the selection of famous people that Billy wrote to is a little strange...Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker...a hedge fund manager...Oral Roberts...Kenneth Starr from the Bill Clinton sex scandal...a person from President Reagan's cabinet...a person from the Whitewater scandal. Just strange. less

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