Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

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Author: Roy Blount Jr. ISBN: 9781480457744
Publisher: Open Road Media Publication: December 10, 2013
Imprint: Open Road Media Language: English
Author: Roy Blount Jr.
ISBN: 9781480457744
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication: December 10, 2013
Imprint: Open Road Media
Language: English

A funny and incisive collection of essays on oddities of life in the 1980s, from one of America’s most cherished humorists

First published in 1985, Not Exactly What I Had In Mind is Roy Blount Jr.’s smart and witty examination of the era’s most glaring absurdities—from the ever-growing deficit under then-president Reagan to the Game Theory–like levels of strategy required to pack for a vacation. In “Testimonial, Head-on,” Blount offers a loving ode to the virtues of full-bodied beer. In “Who You Gonna Call?” he enumerates the indefatigable charms of Bill Murray. And in “What You Personally Can Do about the Federal Deficit,” he proposes a brilliantly simple and populist way to reduce government debt—and probably make your neighborhood post office very happy in the process.

Powered by Roy Blount’s irresistible sense of humor, *Not Exactly What I Had in Mind *revels in Reagan-era topics, but with a humor that is truly timeless.

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A funny and incisive collection of essays on oddities of life in the 1980s, from one of America’s most cherished humorists

First published in 1985, Not Exactly What I Had In Mind is Roy Blount Jr.’s smart and witty examination of the era’s most glaring absurdities—from the ever-growing deficit under then-president Reagan to the Game Theory–like levels of strategy required to pack for a vacation. In “Testimonial, Head-on,” Blount offers a loving ode to the virtues of full-bodied beer. In “Who You Gonna Call?” he enumerates the indefatigable charms of Bill Murray. And in “What You Personally Can Do about the Federal Deficit,” he proposes a brilliantly simple and populist way to reduce government debt—and probably make your neighborhood post office very happy in the process.

Powered by Roy Blount’s irresistible sense of humor, *Not Exactly What I Had in Mind *revels in Reagan-era topics, but with a humor that is truly timeless.

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