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The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw

by Patrick F. McManus
Norman Dietz
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Patrick McManus, author of How I Got This Way and one of America's favorite humorists, is an impish commentator on the obvious and not so obvious absurdities of modern life. His national best-seller, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, is a collection of hilarious short pieces about fishing, its exotic equipment, and activities like "gunkholing." You will learn, for example, that the best way to learn to fish is to build an addition to your house first. It should be big enough to hold all the nifty fishing equipment you will cart home from sporting goods stores and garage sales. McManus cheerfully guides you through the finer points of becoming a skilled garage sale shopper, too. Be prepared to enter a quixotic universe that works according to the laws of "synch" and marvelously loopy chains of cause and effect. The title selection takes place on an ill-fated camping trip; other selections include "Kid Brothers and Their Practical Application," and "As the Worm Squirms."

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  • Release date

    July 1, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781461840084
      • File size: 169651 KB
      • Duration: 05:53:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The humor of author Patrick McManus and the entertaining oral wit of narrator Norman Dietz come together in this collection of satire commenting on fishing, hunting and modern life. This four-tape recording verges on the eccentric with vignettes pertaining to worm farming, hooks and fishing, string and rope, and garage sales, to name a few. Dietz's expressive buffoonery creates images that generate snickers and laughter. He is adept at elongating or accentuating specific words with an emphasis that entertains. From the initial episode to the final tale, I had a grin on my face. B.J.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 1, 1989
      McManus ( The Grasshopper Trap ) has been making outdoorsmen laugh for some time now, but his new collection of writing passes a sterner test. Here he can amuse someone who's never even baited a hook. McManus's stories generally involve either the comic misadventures of life in the wild (``A Road Less Travelled By''; ``Gunkholing''; ``Water Spirits'') or first-person coming-of-age stories set in rural America (``The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw''; ``Scritch's Creek''). His comic voice, resonating with a surprising depth of wit, is expressed in a pleasant, quirky prose style--but shows a tendency to get cute. Characters cry ``Owww!'' and ``Arrrhhhh'' and ``Arp!'' incessantly and excessively, and the author indulges a fondness for italic type: ``I . . . gasp . . . forgot my billfold. It's . . . pant . . . in my tackle box. Get it for me . . . choke . . . will you?'' This talented writer doesn't need to poke readers in the ribs to let them in on the joke. Author tour.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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