{"product_id":"deliriously-happy-and-other-bad-thoughts-isbn-9780061966835","title":"Deliriously Happy: and Other Bad Thoughts","description":"\u003cp\u003e“No matter the subject, Doyle can be trenchant, funny, esoteric, and unpredictable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —Publishers Weekly\u003cp\u003eA former writer for The Simpsons and winner of the James Thurber Prize for American Humor, Larry Doyle redefined end-of-school-life angst with his novel I Love You, Beth Cooper and put the alien back in alienation with Go, Mutants! And now he’s Deliriously Happy, bringing readers a compilation of truly hilarious short pieces including favorites from The New Yorker and Esquire as well as all-new, never before published comic gems. Dave Barry did it.  So did Simon Rich, Woody Allen, and Ian Frazier. Now Larry Doyle’s making his mark with an uproarious collection of side-splitting observances about everything from birth to death and beyond. Anyone who loves to laugh will be Deliriously Happy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a James Thurber Prize-winning humorist turns his satirical eye on life, love, and pop culture?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSocial Satire:\u003c\/b\u003e From dating tips and office politics to suing your childhood bully, no part of modern life is safe from Doyle’s absurdly keen observations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePop Culture Humor:\u003c\/b\u003e A former writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e skewers everything from Hollywood movie-making to our obsession with celebrity, delivered with the signature wit honed at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUproarious Short Stories:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover a world of bumbling spies, talking dogs with memoirs, and the hilarious, high-stakes drama of a family fun center.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLaugh Out Loud Funny:\u003c\/b\u003e For fans of Woody Allen, Simon Rich, and Dave Barry, this collection of comic gems delivers intelligent, unpredictable, and side-splitting humor on every page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eDo you like dogs? Babies? Baby dogs? Have you ever eaten ice cream or had love troubles? Wish there were dirty parts in \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s all here: This impressively consecutive collection of funny writing by Larry Doyle, the winner of the 2008 Thurber Prize for American Humor, a former writer for \u003cem\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/em\u003e, and the author of \u003cem\u003eI Love You, Beth Cooper\u003c\/em\u003e, brings together an astonishing range of subjects under the umbrella of hilarious—an umbrella that is your free gift if you order right now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo late. But you can still take home this enormously entertaining read, featuring writing from the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/em\u003e, along with never-before-seen pieces only available in this exclusive offer. Here’s what other happy customers had to say:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Doyle] is, as his credits suggest, wickedly funny.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If Earth ever needs an Interplanetary Humor Ambassador, Larry Doyle’s the guy.”—\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An instant classic, right up there with great end-of-school landmarks like American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Perrotta, bestselling author of LITTLE CHILDREN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An ambitious, goo-covered treat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A dizzyingly diverse and consistently hilarious body of short humor pieces originally published in a variety of publications, making a case for the former Simpsons scribe as one of the premier practitioners of the form....An unpredictable, unfailingly intelligent demonstration of a unique wit given free reign.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Doyle’s third book, Deliriously Happy...collects Doyle’s humorous essays from The New Yorker, National Lampoon, Esquire, and elsewhere. His scenarios often feature characters who are in fact deliriously—or delusionally—happy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Onion A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Delightful — letter-perfect literature parodies, absurd tabloid-rag quizzes, and a slew of other unlikely stylistic landings stuck.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlavorpill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Larry Doyle’s nervy, off-the-wall, often naughty, always hilarious essays will make you Deliriously Happy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Flagrantly funny . . . Larry Doyle gies the coming-of-age novel a swirly.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book is great. Those among us who will forever self-identify as recovering high-school outcasts . . . will delight in this dark, absurdist, insandely funny send-up of a John Hughes movie. . . . Buy it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fresh, sweet, seriously funny.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No matter the subject, Doyle can be trenchant, funny, esoteric, and unpredictable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dark, funny, strange, funny, angst, funny. Sometimes we felt bad for laughing. But we did it anyway.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post, 11 Books You Need to Know About\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In part a loving homage to and in part a send-up of ‘50s sci-fi, “Go, Mutants!” is one of the funniest books of the summer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Go, Mutants! is a fast, frenetic read crammed to the nictitating membranes with fun-to-spot references to classic science-fiction films. Dizzily high-concept it may be, but Doyle knows what he’s doing with his central metaphor: By putting the alien in alienation, Go Mutants! hits on something true about the loneliness — and the creeping terror — that is adolescence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Very funny. . . Go, Mutants! moves at faster-than-light speed. 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