hilarity
The Earth,
My Butt,
and Other
Big Round
Things
by Carolyn
Mackler,
2003
ensues
Virginia Shreves isn’t FAT fat, just
chubby fat, which means that
hooking up with Froggy Welsh
must be kept a secret. Virginia
lives in a penthouse (haha) in New
York with a skinny, perfect family
and wonders if she was switched at
birth. When something happens to
mar the family’s good name,
Virginia starts to write her own
rules, and before long, it seems like
anything is possible.
Spanking
Shakespeare
by Jake
Wizner,
2007
His parents
cursed him with a horrible name,
and life has only gotten worse since
he was born on Hitler’s birthday.
Shakespeare Shapiro is a senior in
high school and has never had a
girlfriend, has a younger brother
who’s cooler than he is, and has a
best friend who discusses nothing
but his bowel movements. But
Shakespeare can write, and he
chronicles every mortifying
moment in this borderline obscene
tale.
Youth In
Revolt
by C.D.
Payne,
1993
Precocious,
smart, and
underachieving
Nick Twisp
meets Sheeni Saunders and is
determined to win her love. In the
chaos that ensues, Nick must cope
with murderous canines and his hair
trigger erectile response. With
misadventures that include mass
property destruction, theft, and faking
the death of a friend, Nick goes from
an ordinary guy to a cross-dressing
fugitive in less than a year.
Good Omens
Naked
by Terry
Pratchett
and Neil
Gaiman,
1990
by David
Sedaris,
1997
The end is
here! It’s Armageddon, at least
according to the prophecies of Agnes
Nutter, a witch whose predictions are
usually true but rarely heeded.
Everything is going as planned as the
armies of Good and Evil prepare for
battle, except there has been a mix-up
with the Antichrist….
Sometimes
the truth is funnier than fiction.
In 17 essays, David Sedaris
covers topics including his
obsessive-compulsive tendencies
as a child to count and lick
everything (including the
chalkboard), hitchhiking with a
wheel chair-bound companion,
coming out at Greek camp and
ending with an awkward visit to a
nudist colony as a teenager.
Fear and
Loathing in
Las Vegas
by Hunter
S.
Thompson,
1971
In the summer of
1971, Hunter S. Thompson (under the
pseudonym Raoul Duke) was asked
to cover the Mint 400, a free-for-all
biker race in the Nevada desert. With
Samoan companion Dr. Gonzo, the
pair set out in a convertible with a
trunk full of weed, mescaline, LSD,
cocaine, alcohol and “a whole galaxy
of uppers, downers, screamers,
laughers” on this wild journey in
search of the American Dream.
Cover image courtesy
of
www freemoustache co
©2008 Sarah
Clark