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Hits and Misses: Stories

Simon Rich
3.87/5 (2670 ratings)
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A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars.

Simon Rich is "one of the funniest writers in America" (Daily Beast) -- a humorist who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams (New York Times Book Review), James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse (The Guardian). With Hits and Misses, he's back with a hilarious new collection of stories about dreaming big and falling flat, about ordinary people desperate for stardom and the stars who are bored by having it all.

Inspired by Rich's real experiences in Hollywood, Hits and Misses chronicles all the absurdity of fame and success alongside the heartbreaking humanity of failure. From a bitter tell-all by the horse Paul Revere rode to greatness to a gushing magazine profile of everyone's favorite World War II dictator, these stories roam across time and space to skewer our obsession with making it big -- from the days of ancient Babylon to the age of TMZ.

The baby --
Riding solo: the Oatsy story --
The foosball championship of the whole entire universe --
Birthday party --
The book of Simon --
Relapse --
Hands --
New client --
The great jester --
Physicians' lounge, April 1st --
Menlo Park, 1891 --
Tom Hanks stories --
Adolf Hitler: the GQ profile --
Any person, living or dead --
Upward mobility --
Dinosaur --
Artist's revenge --
Stage 13
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Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
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eng
ISBN10:
0316468894
ISBN13:
9780316468893
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Hits and Misses: Stories

Simon Rich
3.87/5 (2670 ratings)
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A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars.

Simon Rich is "one of the funniest writers in America" (Daily Beast) -- a humorist who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams (New York Times Book Review), James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse (The Guardian). With Hits and Misses, he's back with a hilarious new collection of stories about dreaming big and falling flat, about ordinary people desperate for stardom and the stars who are bored by having it all.

Inspired by Rich's real experiences in Hollywood, Hits and Misses chronicles all the absurdity of fame and success alongside the heartbreaking humanity of failure. From a bitter tell-all by the horse Paul Revere rode to greatness to a gushing magazine profile of everyone's favorite World War II dictator, these stories roam across time and space to skewer our obsession with making it big -- from the days of ancient Babylon to the age of TMZ.

The baby --
Riding solo: the Oatsy story --
The foosball championship of the whole entire universe --
Birthday party --
The book of Simon --
Relapse --
Hands --
New client --
The great jester --
Physicians' lounge, April 1st --
Menlo Park, 1891 --
Tom Hanks stories --
Adolf Hitler: the GQ profile --
Any person, living or dead --
Upward mobility --
Dinosaur --
Artist's revenge --
Stage 13
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0316468894
ISBN13:
9780316468893
kindle Asin:

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