Dave Barry Talks Back [Paperback]

Dave Barry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 12, 1992

Yet another collection of Barry wit and wisdom by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and the author of Dave Barry Turns 40. Reprint. NYT. 100,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.

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About the Author

Dave Barry has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. His columns

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1ST edition (May 12, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517588684
• ISBN-13: 978-0517588680
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #506,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The New York Times has pronounced Dave Barry "the funniest man in America." But of course that could have been on a slow news day when there wasn't much else fit to print. True, his bestselling collections of columns are legendary, but it is his wholly original books that reveal him as an American icon. Dave Barry Slept Here was his version of American history. Dave Barry Does Japan was a contribution to international peace and understanding from which Japan has not yet fully recovered. Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys is among the best-read volumes in rehab centers and prisons. Raised in a suburb of New York, educated in a suburb of Philadelphia, he lives now in a suburb of Miami. He is not, as he often puts it so poetically, making this up.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "funniest man in America" claim is true!!, September 4, 2000

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mr_bunghole (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dave Barry Talks Back (Paperback)

I could not stop laughing through this whole book. Nearly every single sentence made me burst into tears laughing out loud. Just don't read it in public, otherwise everybody will overhear your incessant chuckling and think you're a complete psycho. The way Dave describes everything is so ludicrous and cynical that it all rings true - the deficit, buying a car, even exploding animals - all will make you laugh so hard you'll tend to miss out on a lot of the jokes. I'm sure I didn't catch them all. There's quite a few of those parts where you have to stop reading just to catch some oxygen. Even then it probably won't work because you'll be thinking of another insanely funny piece of commentary from the page before. I read his Travel Guide a long time ago and remembered it being funny, but not this funny. Maybe I like him more than a few others will because he reminds me exactly like my English teacher, but I find it hard to believe anybody reading through this who won't laugh at least 10 times. If you don't, then you're obviously, as Dave puts it, "humour impaired". The most consistently funny piece of art, book or otherwise, that I've ever enjoyed.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As my introduction to the author, it is the best!, January 24, 2002

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B. T. Moore "TV maniac" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dave Barry Talks Back (Paperback)

My cousin bought me the audio version of this 7 years ago. I wasn't sure why, but I had heard that Dave Barry was funny. I listened to it on the way back to Sonoma County from San Diego. It was a fantastic 3 hours that took me from Mojave to just north of Fresno.

Mr. Barry has an unusual sense of humor, mixing a sarcastic wit with observation and whacky schemes to get rich and/or better the world. He takes us on a voyage from the usefulness of the word "weasel" to Disneyworld, to buying a boat, to the Nintendo world, and later topping it off with his own airline with Sean Penn as the official spokesperson.

I have to say this, though, I have had others listen to this masterpiece, and while a few liked it as well, others didn't get it and therefore did not like it. You either like Dave Barry or you hate him. As for me, I went about buying many other audiobooks of Dave Barry, as well as actual books. No 4- or 3-star review would pull that much money from me!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teaching, October 27, 2010

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Desiree O. Montoya "Dez" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dave Barry Talks Back (Hardcover)

This book is great for teaching students in high school that essays do not have to be boring and without personality.