What: Simon Rich's book of very short stories is possibly the fastest read ever. It's also very funny, which makes sense since Rich is a former president of The Harvard Lampoon and wrote for Saturday Night Live for four years.
Representative quote:
[From "A Conversation at the Grown-Ups' Table as Imagined at the Kids' Table"]
Mom: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
Dad: Okay.
Grandmother: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
Dad: Me too. When it was over, I had sex.
Uncle: I'm having sex right now.
Dad: We all are.
Mom: Let's talk about which kid I like the best.
You might not like it if: You find it extremely annoying that Simon Rich published his first book [this one] when he was 23. And he's written almost a book a year since then. Damn kids.
How to get it: Buyable, borrowable, Kindle-able.
Connections to previous Wreckage: Patricia Marx, author of Him Her Him Again the End of Him (Rec. #58), is also a former SNL writer.
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