Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot - Couverture souple

Callahan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0679728244 ISBN 13 : 9780679728245

Editeur : Vintage Books, 1990

Synopsis

The autobiography of a 38-year-old cartoonist who is both quadreplegic and a recovering alcoholic. A scary, inspiring book; check it out for yourself.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Is it possible to find humor -- corrosive, taboo-shattering, laugh-till-you-cry humor -- in the story of a 38-year-old- cartoonist who's both a quadriplegic and a recovering alcoholic? The answer is yes, if the cartoonist is John Callahan -- whose infamous work has graced the pages of Omni, Penthouse, and The New Yorker -- and if he's telling it in his own words and pictures. But Callahan's uncensored account of his troubled -- and sometimes impossible -- life is also genuinely inspiring. Without self-pity or self-righteousness, this liberating book tells us how a quadriplegic with a healthy libido has sex, what it's like to live in the exitless maze of the welfare system, where a cartoonist finds his comedy, and how a man with no reason to believe in anything discovers his own brand of faith.

Revue de presse

"When people laugh like hell and then say, 'That's not funny', you can be pretty sure they're talking about John Callahan."

-- P.J.,O'Rourke, author of Holidays in Hell

"Actually Callahan goes too far, and he'll take you with him.... He'll move muscles you don't know you have." -- Roy Blount, Jr.
"John Callahan doesn't need feet to go far. He does it with guts, brains, fingers, and a wonderful sick sense of humor."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Books
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0679728244
• ISBN 13: 9780679728245
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 219
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible