Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's, Humor Category by Dave Eggers, Kevin Shay, Lee Epstein, and John WarnerReview: Laugh out loud funny, but in a sick way. This is a collection from the clever young writers that bring us the McSweeney's literary journal and Web site. You have to check out the "Lists" section towards the back of the book, it is chock full of the oddest lists I have ever seen in print. Overall, this is an excellent book and I found myself reading passages out loud to family and friends.
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Sample list from this book:
I N F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S BY JT DOBBS
1: Can I top off your warm salt water?2: Does this sound infected?3: Who's her favorite bass player?4: Why is your spleen like that?5: Is he going to perpetuate that misconception all night?6: But how do you get it to float next to the VCR?7: Why brown?8: Did you say "Massachusetts?"9: Was that when you noticed my uncle's birthmark?10: When does the next Frenchman go by here?11: Who said anything about yachting?12: Isn't that the guy from Psychedelic Furs?13: Why was that written?14: What's with the hedge trimmer?15: Could you please stop looking at my bowling trophy?16: You call yourself a witch doctor?17: Couldn't you at least have buried the can opener?18: What do you know from black lung?19: More duck sauce?20: Who dat talkin' 'bout beatin' dem Bengals?
