Summary
A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school.
Steven Wright is one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians in history. He is ranked fifteenth on their “50 Best Stand-ups of All Time” list, while the New York Times has written of his enduring legacy: “If you made a family tree of modern stand-up, he would top one of the few major and expanding br…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668022702 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1668022702 |
| Author: | Steven Wright |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 18 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 140mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
“Like Catcher In the Rye on mushrooms. Read this goddamn book. It’s a masterpiece. Steven Wright is a genius.” –Bill Burr
“Really funny and touching. Harold is beautifully written. Only Steven Wright could write this, and I love it.” –Conan O’Brien
“A strange and wonderful book…There are shades of Vonnegut in Wright, and shades of John Irving’s Owen Meany in the precocious Harold.” –Michael Ian Black, The New York Times Book Review
“If Kurt Vonnegut and Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson wrote a literary version of Harold and the Purple Crayon, they might have concocted an absurdist novel like Harold. Or maybe, Harold could only have come from the off-kilter but fertile musings of stand-up legend Steven Wright…His deadpan delivery elevated him to the top of the stand-up world in the 1980s. That same originality and dry humor ricochets throughout his novel.” –Stuart Miller, The Los Angeles Times
“Harold is often funny…as if Donald Barthelme had been assigned to rewrite The Little Prince. Wright has invented something here: A story about a child that refuses to be childlike, authored by an author who refuses to pretend that there’s order to the disorganized mind of a too-smart kid who can’t keep on task.” –Mark Athitakis, The Washington Post
“Readers enthralled by stand-up comedian Wright’s uniquely brainy, topsy-turvy, metaphysical, and epigrammatic humor will revel in Harold’s uncanny, sharply funny, and profound ponderings in this sardonic yet tender tale of life’s mysteries and the mind’s marvels.” –Donna Seaman, Booklist
Steven Wright
Steven Wright has performed stand-up comedy for more than four decades. He was nominated for two Grammy Awards for his albums I Have a Pony and I Still Have a Pony, starred in three critically acclaimed hour-long stand-up specials, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards. He also won the 1989 Academy Award for Live-Action Short for his film, The Appointment of Dennis Jennings, and he wrote and directed the short film, One Soldier. His many film and TV appearances include Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Late Show with David Letterman, The Larry Sanders Show, Mad About You, Horace and Pete, Reservoir Dogs, Natural Born Killers, Coffee and Cigarettes, Half Baked and Desperately Seeking Susan. He lives in New England.
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