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Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me (2008)

by Ben Karlin (Editor)

Other authors: Stephen Colbert (Contributor), Marcel Dzama (Contributor), Will Forte (Contributor), Bruce Jay Friedman (Contributor), Matt Goodman (Contributor)28 more, Alex Gregory (Contributor), Marcellus Hall (Contributor), Todd Hanson (Contributor), Nick Hornby (Introduction), A. J. Jacobs (Contributor), Barbara Karlin (Foreword), Ben Karlin (Contributor), Bob Kerrey (Contributor), Damian Kulash (Contributor), Sam Lipsyte (Contributor), Rick Marin (Contributor), Tom McCarthy (Contributor), Jason Nash (Contributor), Bob Odenkirk (Contributor), Patton Oswalt (Contributor), Neal Pollack (Contributor), David Rees (Contributor), Andy Richter (Contributor), Rodney Rothman (Contributor), Dan Savage (Contributor), Adam Schlesinger (Contributor), Andy Selsberg (Contributor), Tom Shillue (Contributor), Paul Simms (Contributor), Eric Slovin (Contributor), Dan Vebber (Contributor), David Wain (Contributor), Larry Wilmore (Contributor)

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The Emmy award-winning former executive producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report has assembled a stellar lineup of men who have one thing in common: all have been dumped...and are willing to share their pain and the lessons learned. An anthology of longer and shorter pieces, drawn from an array of impressive celebrities, writers and public figures.--From publisher description.… (more)
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There were a couple of okay essays, but on the whole they were very bland. ( )
  chelseaknits | Dec 14, 2017 |
Didn't read all of this , but, holy shit what a bunch of morons
  Baku-X | Jan 10, 2017 |
Oy ve! Where did they get this many whack-jobs?

So, I want to tell you, these are Not the type of men I'd be with! They are in no way, shape or form even qualified as mensch. More like, schlemiel...clueless.

What's more is all of these guys are now the pride & joy of their mammalas! All are now very successful comedians! But did I find them funny, well not at all...... I'm thinking, that this book written by men is for men...because I honestly didn't get what they were talking about.....

Do I blame the women who dumped them? Nope not at all, several of the guys were overly neurotic.

And when I looked them all up in Google Images: Oy, I gotta tell you they all have that meshugga look about them, that wild eyed crazy man look like Jim Carey.....

TBC.....
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1 vote Auntie-Nanuuq | Jan 18, 2016 |
Very funny audiobook - listening to this brought me many a chuckle. I recommend it as an audiobook even more than as a book. Dan Savage's story was hilarious.
  bashour | Dec 24, 2015 |
There were some extremely witty pieces in here (John Oliver reading Nick Hornby's intro was a hilarious start.) There were also some really not very funny pieces. Sam Lipsyte's piece was great, I enjoyed Patton Oswalt's ruminations on dating a stripper and Will Forte had a fun tale to tell. But there were some really bad essays as well. Dan Savage talking about how disgusting he found a vagina (I get it, he had to make sure he couldn't play straight, but there was nothing funny and a lot that was sort of hateful in that essay.) Steven Colbert and Bob Odenkirk, (both of whom I love) entered stories which really kinda sucked, and Larry Wilmore's was sweet but not funny. So, this was uneven, but with some moments of brilliance. On audio (each essay read by the author) it makes a largely enjoyable, sometimes stellar, listen to and from the office. ( )
  Narshkite | Jul 5, 2015 |
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Karlin, BenEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Colbert, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dzama, MarcelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Forte, WillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Friedman, Bruce JayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goodman, MattContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gregory, AlexContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hall, MarcellusContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hanson, ToddContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hornby, NickIntroductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jacobs, A. J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Karlin, BarbaraForewordsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Karlin, BenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kerrey, BobContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kulash, DamianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lipsyte, SamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Marin, RickContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McCarthy, TomContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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3 editions of this book were published by Hachette Book Group.

Editions: 0446580694, 1594838828, 0446699462

 

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