Like many people, I stumbled upon Marc Maron’s podcast and
have listened to quite a few of his very interesting interviews. He mentioned that he had recently written a
book on the podcast, but I wasn’t interested in reading it until the David
Sedaris interview. David Sedaris is one
of my ALL-TIME favorite authors. You
MUST read his books (you will be laughing out loud to yourself, I
promise). So, when I heard David Sedaris
quoting passages of Attempting Normal to Marc and laughing over them, I had to
check it out.
Attempting Normal is quite funny in many places and
has some great one-liners in it. Then
again, I guess you’d expect that from a stand-up comic like Marc Maron. But, it almost seems like Marc wrote this
book as if he were just talking to you, and doesn’t realize what he just said
is so ridiculously funny. Considering I
don’t want my site banned from wherever you may be reading this, I can’t quote
some of my favorite passages here (NSFW), but most of the funnier bits are
centered around various things being done to body parts. Let your imagination go with that
pronouncement. However, there were a few
times during reading the book that the narrative seemed to drag along and was a
bit boring to read.
However, I’d give Marc’s book 4 stars. I’m glad I read it – it did make me laugh and was an enjoyable read.
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