Why haven't you read the first comedy masterpiece of the

>>9944282

next on my list

>>9944282
When he talks about literature and philosophy and shit he sounds like such a pseud. Is this book actually readable? How skilled a writer is he? Does his comedy translate well? Is it Norm being Norm, or Norm being pseud with misguided literary pretensions?

>>9944301
I agree with you that he sounds like a pseud sometimes, but what he does have is a good grasp on Russian literature. The quote about it being "Dostoyevsky by way of 30 rock" is a bit much but that sort of gives you an idea of the feel. He's a surprisingly skilled writer and the comedy transfers well with a dash of that Russian bleakness, but it never seems to overreach for literary ambitions.

>>9944282
Nobody here ever discusses this book. Every thread on it is just a shill thread.

>>9944301
just read it ya dummy

>>9944282

I have. It's alright. Definitely not a masterpiece, but alright overall.

I think it's hyped so much because Norm actually wrote it without a ghostwriter, which is really unusual for a celebrity.

The beginning is the best part, then it kind of degenerates into sometimes funny mad libs basically. The part where he creates his non existent ghostwriter as a character falls completely flat.

If you've listened to his podcast or his comedy in general you've basically heard the whole book already. It literally has stories that he's word for word said on the podcast.

I've never listened to an audiobook in my life, but I might give it a shot with this one.

This book is great. I especially enjoyed its rendition of the Moth joke. Norm is a legend.

Legitimately one of the funniest books ever written

dylan macdonald, stop shilling your dad's book here

>Macdonald, Norman. Feeble, second-rate. His shaggy dog antics conceal a uniquely lazy strain of conservatism. Let him protest charges of anti-humor by all means, but his Canuck sneer and lunar physiognomy betray him. Timid in the large sense.