Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book

by Dave Barry

Overview

If you're not already acquainted—nay, infatuated—with the works of the man who the New York Times calls "the funniest man in America," you can get cracking right now with this all-time favorite collection of Dave Barry's humor columns. Dave Barry's Bad Habits won't rot your teeth, cause your insurance premiums to go up, or make your kids go cross-eyed if they sit too close to it. It will, however, make you laugh so hard your middle actually moves (the best exercise, and possibly the only kind you'll be interested in after forty). Here, preserved for all time, are Barry's profoundest musings on such topics as how to get kids to stop smoking (eliminate tenth grade), what to do if your car is making loud noises (turn up the radio), and a solution to the battle of the sexes (let the men do housework, say, for the next six thousand years to even things up). Together they serve to expose the little insanities of everyday life and assure us that we're not completely alone in a world gone mad.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805029642
Publisher:	Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/15/1993
Series:	Holt Paperback
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize–winning humor writer whose columns and essays have appeared in hundreds of newspapers over the past thirty-five years. He has also written a number of New York Times bestselling humor books, including Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster).

Hometown:

Miami, Florida

Date of Birth:

July 3, 1947

Place of Birth:

Armonk, New York

Education:

B.A. in English, Haverford College, 1969

Website:

http://www.davebarry.com

Editorial Reviews

Bad Habits—funny book. Read it.” —Gannett News Service

“Dave Barry is nothing less thatn the smart-aleck Peter Pan of American letters.” —the Seattle Times

“Dave Barry is the guru of guffaws.” —the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“He has the ability to charm us with nonsense so compelling that it almost makes sense.” —Houston Chronicle

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