Notes of a Nervous Man - Softcover

Lileks, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671737023 ISBN 13: 9780671737023

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1992

Synopsis

A satirist uses dry humor to comment on topics from the sacred to the profane, ranging from the economy to buying bras, and from taxes to the backroads of Zen

About this title

From Library Journal

Lileks won the American Society of Newspaper Editors' award for Non-Deadline Writing in 1988 while working for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch . This collection of syndicated columns shows off his skill as a comic storyteller, despite frequent excesses of contrived premises and situations. Rich in hyperbole and metaphorical indulgence, Lileks occasionally struggles for effect. In a description of flooding his car's engine while attempting to pass a truck on the highway he writes, "The engine sank like a fat man stepping into wet cement. At that moment a car appeared ahead, grille winking in the sun like a jouster's lance." One can't help but imagine Joe Friday's voice narrating a scene from Dragnet . Recommended, nonetheless, for public libraries.
- Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly

Amiable and civilized, this collection of pieces by columnist Lileks covers a wide range of subjects, from the traumas of a novice homeowner to observations on adult education and air fresheners.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0671737023
• ISBN 13: 9780671737023
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228