One Fell Soup

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480457720

<DIV><DIV><b>A collection of short pieces about everything from genius and God to socks and lentils, from one of America&rsquo;s most beloved humor writers</b></div><DIV><i><BR>One Fell Soup&#160;</i>brings together the reviews, diatribes, investigations, meditations, and poetry of Roy Blount Jr., a writer as insightful as he is funny. Culled from his many columns and magazine writings, this volume offers an unparalleled look at the varied interests of a writer the&#160;<i>New York Times</i>&#160;has compared to Mark Twain&mdash;albeit with a far greater demonstrated interest in love songs about gravy, ice cream, and mac and cheese.</div><DIV><BR>&ldquo;Chickens&rdquo; celebrates the vast cultural importance&mdash;and criminal neglect&mdash;of the most abundant domesticated fowl. &ldquo;So This Is Male Sexuality&rdquo; examines the unsettling specter of sex researchers like Masters and Johnson looming over one&rsquo;s private thoughts. And &ldquo;Merely Shot in the Head&rdquo; ponders the absurd willpower of a man who finishes a full marathon after taking a bullet ten miles into the race.</div><DIV></div></div>