From Publishers Weekly
Along with ruminating on birth, love, death, etc., Nichols, in this collection of his Fort Worth Star-Telegram columns, discourses with a delightful sense of the absurd on the phenomena and trivia, duties, pleasures and aggravations of life. Claiming to suffer from a "sand-trap" mind, he seeks to organize existence by means of "The List," a never-finished compendium of chores and promises. Abuses peculiar to the telephone, automobile, microwave oven and other so-called conveniences of modern life inspire his most successful sallies. Some of his most effective shafts are directed against "tax simplification" and investment advisers. A hilarious account of what would happen if "The Twelve Days of Christmas" carol were carried out literally is one of the treasures among this lighthearted commentary on the modern scene.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
