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One More Thing: Stories And Other Stories (2014)

by B.J. Novak(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0385351836 (ISBN13: 9780385351836)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Knopf

review 1: Enjoyed B.J. Novak's "One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories." Novak's writing sensibility is reminiscent of Woody Allen's "Without Feathers," but better. Some David Sedaris mixed in as well. Not all of the stories hit -- some of the 30+ stories feel like half-baked sketches -- but a half-dozen or so are pretty great. Highly recommend the audio version, which Novak reads himself, with an assist from several of his actor friends: Mindy Kaling, Rainn Wilson, Katy Perry, Jason Swartzmann, Carey Mulligan, and many others. Novak rehearsed the stories for months, and performed many of them on stage, so the comic beats in the audio version sound better than they read on paper.
review 2: While it wasn't at all what I was expecting, Novak's debut collection accomplis... morehes much more than most humor collections. In addition to the much expected laughs, these stories also evoke an array of emotions on par with the best short story collections out there. While I almost stopped reading after the wordy and boring first story, I'm glad I pushed through. "Julie and the Warlord" might just be the funniest thing I've ever read. less

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