My Big Fat Queer Life: The Best of Michael Thomas Ford [Paperback]

Michael Thomas Ford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

The publication of Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Love Me in 1998 launched a fresh, vital voice in comedy. Publishers Weekly has called Michael Thomas Ford a "cranky, bemused, and extremely funny." Lambda Book Report has described Ford as "genially misanthropic," and Southern Voice has named him "our freshest, most fearless satirist." Ford’s series of My Queer Life books (Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Love Me, That’s Mister Faggot to You, It’s Not Mean If It’s True, and The Little Book of Neuroses) have racked up four Lambda Literary Award nominations, with two back-to-back wins, and appeared on bestseller lists from New York to Dallas to Sacramento. Now the best of his writing has been collected along with five new, brilliantly funny essays to create the essential My Queer Life -compendium.

Raves for Michael Thomas Ford’s My Queer Life:

"Ford is a delightfully inventive wit."—Publishers Weekly

"He truly entertains by being meaningfully hilarious."—Booklist

"One of the funniest books I’ve read this year."—Kelly Justice, Carrytown Books—Richmond, VA; Book Sense 76 Pick

"A fresh voice, unafraid to tackle any subject and tickle, if not outright hit, below the belt."—Rain Taxi

Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than fifty books in a variety of genres, including biographies and young-adult fiction. His books in the My Queer Life series have been national bestsellers and earned him two Lambda Literary Awards. He lives in San Francisco.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books; 1 edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555835740
• ISBN-13: 978-1555835743
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,186,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than fifty books in genres ranging from humor to horror, literary fiction to nonfiction. His work for adult readers includes the best-selling novels What We Remember, Changing Tides, Full Circle, Looking for It and Last Summer, and his five essay collections in the "Trials of My Queer Life" series. As a writer for young adults he is the author of Suicide Notes and Z (forthcoming in 2010), and under the name Isobel Bird he wrote the popular "Circle of Three" series. In 2009 he signed a 3-book deal with Random House for a series featuring Jane Austen as a modern-day vampire. The first book in the series, Jane Bites Back, will be published in January, 2010. His work has been nominated for 11 Lambda Literary Awards, twice winning for Best Humor Book and twice for Best Romance Novel. He was also nominated for a Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award (for his novel The Dollhouse That Time Forgot) and a Gaylactic Spectrum Award (for his short story "Night of the Werepuss").

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the Best and Funniest, November 17, 2008

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Jeremy P. Johnson "Psykick" (Boone, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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Out of line with Michael Thomas Ford's typical works of erotic fiction, this collection is a brilliant and life-changing must have for any and every gay man, woman, and child. Well maybe not the very young, but definitely anyone coming to terms with his sexuality and living the life less ordinary.
A great read through and through, you'll laugh yourself silly and maybe even shed a tear or two.
READ THIS BOOK!

5.0 out of 5 stars Lolz were had, May 1, 2011

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I enjoyed this book very much. Usually I don't like compilation books, but I had no expectations going into it. I had already read the author's "Last Summer" and "Looking for It", and enjoyed them immensely. So I picked this up for a ridiculously low price, and read it within a few days.

The stories are entertaining, sometimes even downright hilarious, and always told with Ford's usual flair. I found myself reading between the lines in certain stories, as if he was speaking directly to ME (or about me) through each chapter. That gave it a personal warmth and connexion that I really liked. I could really relate to a lot of what he was saying.

But I would place this book somewhere between the humour section and the gay literature section of the bookstore. It achieves the best of both worlds, and none of the worst. I will definitely continue to enjoy this author's work.

6 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, November 14, 2003

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MTF is a wonderful, entertaining, gifted writer. Like I am with Sade albums, I am with MTF books---i'll buy on the day its released!