Last Call at the 7-Eleven: Fine Dining at 2 A.M., the Search for Spandex People, and Other Reasons to Go On Living [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 1995

Discusses fine dining at 2 a.m. and other loopy subjects with which we're all familiar.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Cowherd, a humor columnist for the Baltimore Sun, here collects 75 of his columns on topics ranging from "Rich, Famous and Dead," through "The Non-Renaissance Man" (about the wages of repairmen and the avoidance of household chores) to "Fun & Games in the '90s" (about the difficulty of discerning the appropriate restroom for each sex). At his best as a parodist, Cowherd is witty on topics like looking for love in personal ads, or seeking advice from Dear Abby. He is less funny when he turns to whimsy, as in "Mosquitoes Ride Again." The dozens of black-and-gray blobs throughout the text, which look like Rorschach samples, are neither decorative nor amusing.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: Bancroft Press (November 22, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963537636
• ISBN-13: 978-0963537638
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #551,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Funny Book, December 20, 2011

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Louise A. Harris (Gilbert, Ariz.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Call at the 7-Eleven (Kindle Edition)

This book compiles many of Kevin Cowherd's Baltimore Sun's humor columns. Almost anyone can relate to his columns and should be read, especially if you like Dave Barry. Last Call at the 7-Eleven is funny and will keep you laughing until the end. I recommend reading this book highly!

4.0 out of 5 stars Bite-sized nuggets of humor!, June 6, 2009

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nat @ book, line, and sinker (at the beach, nj) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Call at the 7-Eleven: Fine Dining at 2 A.M., the Search for Spandex People, and Other Reasons to Go On Living (Hardcover)

I thoroughly enjoy nonfiction, especially humorous essays and memoirs. Last Call at the 7-Eleven is a collection of selected columns written by Kevin Cowherd, a nationally-syndicated humorist and sports writer for The Baltimore Sun.

What a hilarious read! Kevin Cowherd's essays run the gamut and had me laughing out loud as I zipped through this snappy number. Each essay is only a few pages-originally published individually in a newspaper column format in The Baltimore Sun-and were like snack-sized bits of humor.

I giggled my way through columns with titles like "That Barney is Such a Reptile" and "Real Men Don't Wear Pajamas". One of my favorites, "Surgeons Good Enough for Celebrities", brought up a salient point-the American public tends to "measure surgeons...(by the) famous patients they have cut open."

I'm a huge fan of nonfiction humor writing and really enjoyed this book. Cowherd is witty and hyperobservant. He's still writing for the newspaper, though his focus seems to have shifted to a more sports-based column, I still had a chuckle while reading a recent column.

Some of the references in this book are pretty dated-it was published back in 1995 and the columns were culled from over 1200 written from the late 80s to the mid-90s. Cowherd also has a tendency to repurpose some of his favorite sayings and metaphors, but I'm guilty of that myself.

The book is a breezy read that packs a humorous punch on scores of topics. You can read a few columns here and there without a huge committment; the book lends itself to that reading style.