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| Original Title: | A Fine and Pleasant Misery |
| ISBN: | 0805000321 (ISBN13: 9780805000320) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Patrick F. McManus
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 4.35 | 2263 Users | 138 Reviews
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I went through a serious Pat McManus phase when I was in high school. I read and re-read his books and guffawed through them all. Then they sat on the shelf and for the longest time, I didn't pick them up. Decided to re-read this classic this week and found it just as funny as it was way back then.You don't have to be a sportsman or outdoorswoman to enjoy McManus' humor which harks back to the aw-shucks vein of Mark Twain without ever being bilous. If you enjoy a good tale, some true, some obviously embellished, give McManus a try.
I find in the books I read that if I can identify characters from them with people I meet, the author has created a vivid, true character. I know so many Pats and Trolls and Retch Sweeneys and Rancid Crabtrees to tell me McManus is a master at characterization -- and it probably helps that he's building on real characters. My favorite is Pat's long-time friend Retch, who is like me in many respects: Not too bright, but willing to hang out with Pat and make a fool of himself as necessary. And it's always necessary.
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| Title | : | A Fine and Pleasant Misery |
| Author | : | Patrick F. McManus |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | April 15th 1981 by Holt Paperbacks (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Humor. Comedy. Nonfiction. Nature. Outdoors. Short Stories. Environment. Autobiography. Memoir |
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Ratings: 4.35 From 2263 Users | 138 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books A Fine and Pleasant Misery
Funny funny funnyOne of few books that makes me laugh out loud. Outdoorsy, fishing and camping stories at their finest. Did I mention funny?I'm not really an outdoorsy person. I've never gone hunting and I've only fished a handful of times in my life. So it might seem unusual that I would ever pick up a book like this. I have a brother who was into hunting though and he would read us the stories written in Field & Stream magazine. So in that way I discovered Bill Heavey's writing and then went from there to reading this book by Patrick McManus. This book was definitely laugh out loud funny. If you passed over this book because
I grew up in a place where everybody hunted and fished and trapped, including members of my family, so I may get a lot more enjoyment out of McManus' stories that someone who doesn't appreciate the outdoors in quite the same way.I found McManus' collections at my local library at least 30 years ago. I vividly remember sitting at the dining room table in my nightgown, tears in my eyes, hand over my mouth, laughing so hard I could barely breathe, trying not to wake my mom who was asleep in the
Patrick McManus is an author whose work I have to ration myself. He is one of the few who can make me laugh until I am nearly in tears. Unfortunately, if left unchecked, I would probably race through his entire catalogue in the space of a week or so. I can't recommend his books highly enough. Technically, McManus would be classified as an "outdoors" writer, and the vast majority of his essays are themed on hunting, fishing, and the like. But one does not need to enjoy these pastimes, or even
I think this is the first time I've ever had a book make me laugh at loud. Can't wait to read more from Mr McManus.
A collection of short-stories (essays?) all in the genre of a "fishing tale". McManus's style is dry and witty. His stories are amusing, especially with his hyperbole and elaborated diction. Sometimes, though, it proves to be too much and the stories blend together because they share the exaggeration and self-deprecation of their neighboring stories. I refer to them as "fishing stories" because there is some truth in there, just like a story about the great fish that got away or what not.
A Fine And Pleasant Misery By Patrick F. McManus is a very humorous book about the outdoors also it is written about any sort of thing that you may find yourself dong in the hills of Idaho. I have read this book many time just because of how funny some of the chapters are, for example in one of the chapters Patrick explains the difference between a creek and a crick and shows the interesting ways that you can fish either of them and because of this every time that I read this book i'm just
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