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I Got Stinky Feet

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...through laughter. Gut-busting funny and no holds barred. This is an adventure story of the first order, that doesn't let reality or logic get in the way. This is the kind of story that makes me miss the U.S. ... not the landscapes, but the insane and irreverent imagination.

As a fellow co-worker of the author, who listens to this man's contagious laughter and well-versed opinions day-in and day-out, I knew I was in for a ride when I purchased this book.

Little did I know that it would be a motorcycle ride in the dead of winter. That was just the beginning. From cranky bus passengers to a car trunk surgeon, this book is a true representation of what makes life worth living.

Forget the tame, rebellious nature of two women driving off the Grand Canyon, Dennis and Dave are out to soak up the little pleasures of their soul, while wreaking havoc on the misguided people of this world.

I am already making plans this winter to buy a motorcycle, eat stale bread, drink lots of whiskey and head to Mexico. You will too after you read this book.

This is a hilarious read - tangental, exponential, coaxial - no wait - use of words like this could find me in a tree (the book explains - without giving anything away).

Full disclosure: I work with Dennis... but hardly know him - different departments. He told me he wrote a book - and I thought OK, I'll buy it. I did not expect to be cracking my ribs in bed every night - laughing out loud, then wheezing the slow gasping yucks out my sinuses - as my wife was now long asleep.

If you've not seen the movie "Raising Arizona", this review may not make sense - but if you have, you get it. Raising Arizona doesn't let itself get caught in Hollywood formula for comedy. But the formula for I GOT STINKY FEET ... formula? What's a formula?

Best wet-eyed laughing read since PJ O'Rourke's "Give War a Chance".

Despite its unfortunate title, I GOT STINKY FEET is the sort of book that Mark Twain would have written if he had had a motorcycle. This book is a sustained and hilarious assault on everything that is cheezy, cheap, fake, phoney, pretentious and politically correct in the US.
Read this book and you will never look at life in the same way again.

Without question this book is one of the most imaginative and hilarious books I have ever had the privelege to read. Why this book is not a best seller is beyond me. This book is a must read.

A city kid from Chicago finally gets to see the rest of the country and the experience is like throwing a lighted match into a barrell of gunpowder. See our great country and it's many interesting people from a different perspective. Blunt, funny and extremely creative, it is a book you will remember.

This is a funny and hilarious story with great characters, a funny story and a subtle iconoclastic bent that skewers and asks questions as it follows our heros. This book is a grand yarn and is hard to put down. It would make a great cult film but don't wait for the film to come out-read it now.

It takes a bold reader to tackle this story, but it's so worth it. Dennis Domrzalski made me laugh out loud with this amazing tale of two men who launch themselves on an aventure-seeking trip from Chicago. The tone is set with the decision to head out on motorcycles in the dead of winter. These men are BOLD---their goal of saving the wicked from the pious is a challenge of the highest order.
But this is not just a very funny book--yes, I would agree wholeheartedly that if you liked Raising Arizona this book is for you--but it is larded with many deadly truths. And our protagonists repeatedly savage the corrupted bureacrats, judges, cops and other authority figures with razor-sharp dialogue.
And only someone who once lived in Chicago could come up with a bus driver who refuses to pick up passengers because, among other reasons, it slows him down and he can't keep his schedule.
This book should be on tape--but only if the author is the reader. Then, it would be 10 times as good.

This unlikely story is the tale of two Chicagoans, Dave and Dennis (the storyteller) who take a motorcycle trip around the country...in the winter. They're alternatively bullies, imposters, philosophers, tourists, Robin Hood, and observers of the passing scene. While some of the stories are feasible, others tax the reader's believability index. Some of the anecdotes challenge the imagination, causing the reader to suspect that some-if not all-of this book was created as a non-fiction work.

Fiction or non-fiction, you'll read something that seems like a running commentary of conversations of a couple of college students high on something. You'll keep turning pages, wondering. The author shares some morals, some personal positions, and some enjoyable cynicism that makes this an unusual book.

The table of contents lists 43 chapters including a listing of topics covered in the chapters. The chapters themselves have no subheads, just straight text broken up by occasional caricature-like illustrations. From a production perspective, the book lacks some design elements usually seen in professionally done books, but it's simple and basic.

You'll shake your head, nod your head, and scratch your head. If this be reality, than what is fantasy? And if this be fantasy, where is the reality of life? Oh, the title? Comes from a poem written by Dave, in the latter part of the book.

It's this simple; if you enjoy laughing out loud, or as we geeks e-speak "ROTFLOL", then READ THIS BOOK. Be careful, though, if mocking sleezy politicians, bashing pompous publishers or worst of all -- honest, uncensored information -- bothers you. You might get a rash, or Anthrax or god forbid... your feet might start stinking. Read it, laugh and realize, sometimes we need to take a fresh look at things to SEE what's really important and worthwhile. enjoy!