Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the gifted audiobook.
Humorist Dave Barry recounts his life & career in his latest book Class Clown. He began his career as a small town newspaper reporter who covered everything from the city council to local flooding. He started writing humorous columns for the paper. He then spent a number of years as a writing consultant teaching corporate business people to be better communicators. He continued to write his humorous takes on whatever captured his attention, eventually landing a job as the humor columnist for the Miami Herald. His column was syndicated in newspapers across the country. He also played in a rock band with Stephen King and other prominent writers.
Barry is a funny guy with a quirky sense of humor that’s on full display throughout this book. He helped popularize Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19) when the two guys who came up with the idea wrote Barry asking to get the word out. He lead his readers on a crusade against telemarketers. This was in the time before caller id and cell phones. He urged his readers to turn the tables on telemarketers by calling the national telemarketers association. The association had to stop answering its phones because of all the unwanted calls. His work as a humorist took him on the campaign trail, the Johnny Carson Show, and David Letterman. He even won a Pulitzer Prize for his work at the Miami Herald. His life wasn’t all full of laughs though. He recounts his father’s battle with alcoholism and his mother’s depression and eventual suicide.
I’m old enough to remember reading Barry’s columns in the newspaper when they were syndicated around the country. This was like a trip down memory lane for me. I really enjoyed Barry’s narration. He does a wonderful job. It made the listening experience more satisfying. This was a fun, quick, and entertaining read and celebration of an incredible life & career. I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for a book to make you laugh. Class Clown comes out May 13 so preorder it or add it your tbr now.
About the Author
Dave Barry is an author and humorist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his syndicated column, which ran in more than 500 newspapers and was the inspiration for the TV show Dave's World. He has also written dozens of bestselling books, most recently Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog. His new novel, Swamp Story, will be published by Simon and Schuster in June of 2023.
Along with Ridley Pearson, Barry wrote the bestselling Starcatchers series of young-adult novels, one of which was adapted as the Tony-award winning Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher.
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