One day when I had very little money, I decided to spend it on a book with a back description that confused me.I started reading it, unsure of what I was going to get. Two things left me apprehensive:1) Do I really want to read a whole story about an asshole? How much fun can that be?2) Eaten by ...
As I read other people's reviews. They often point out the main character is an asshat of the highest order, yet, they could sympathize with him. I found him hard to identify with. He was a jerk, and ignoramus, philandering, arrogant, prick. However, I loved the end! It was an unexpected twi...
Let's all admit it we have a little bit of Marv Pushkin in us. Sure, we may not be blatantly an asshole but we all have those thoughts and tendencies. Poor Marv is trapped under his Range Rover getting eaten by a bear, and that's pretty much the entire story in a nutshell; of course there is so m...
I would give this book 3 stars, but it gets an extra one for me just because the title is "HELP! A Bear is Eating Me" and Hansen actually pulls off making a book that is precisely described by that title.The book is funny and obscene in just the right amounts. It also gets a little boring, which...
CRAZY SHITTING PLANET Partly eponymous and the best of the three stories contained within this volume. This is only my second foray into the world of bizarro and therefore I am still something of a novice when it comes to this genre. I am seeing certain core themes reoccurring though and maraudin...
I was expecting a bit more. I am no Bizzaro aficionado, but I have read a few books by Carlton Mellick III, who must be considered some sort of Bizzaro god. Of the three short novelettes, I found myself enjoying the last one, (Crazy Shitting PLanet) the most imaginative and best written. I liked ...