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Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir

by Graham Roumieu

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Publisher Comments:

Like many reclusive celebrities, Big Foot is misunderstood. In his touching memoir Me Write Book he wants to set the record straight, proving that although he's larger, hairier, and more foul-smelling than most of us, he's really not so different underneath.

Only the most coldhearted among us could look on without compassion as this hirsute Everyman struggles bravely with casual cannibalism, Pringles potato crisps, embarrassing moments with peach Schnapps, the desperate loneliness of personal ads, and philosophical quandaries.

Readers will never forget the plaintive voice from the wilderness that howls from every page of this searing, intimate account of a man-beast in the promised land.

Review:

"Seasoned practitioners of the mock autobiography may even have something to learn. I enjoyed Bret Easton Ellis's Lunar Park but I got more genuine belly laughs from Me Write Book." Montreal Mirror

About the Author

Graham Roumieu is an author and illustrator whose work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, among other magazines and newspapers.

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William Bohrer, April 2, 2008 (view all comments by William Bohrer)
With an opening line of "Me not Chewbacca!", this book is so funny it made me choke the first time I read it. The almost-socialized BigFoot talks about life, an awkward childhood ostracized and taunted by his woodland peers, with brilliant illustrations of being harrassed by squirrels. He talks as well about his celebrity in the 80s and hanging with Morris the Cat and Andrew Dice Clay, and his subsequent descent into poverty and obscurity. What makes this book so hilarious is the intense reality of this imaginary character's angst and personal complaints, and the fact that he's almost, but not quite, human, and has a bad habit of dismembering people that really get on his nerves. The only downside is, there are so many memorable quotes that you may drive friends and family insane by insisting on reading bits of it out loud to them.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780452286856
Subtitle:
It Bigfoot Memoir
Author:
Roumieu, Graham
Publisher:
Plume Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Sasquatch
Subject:
Parodies
Publication Date:
December 2005
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
96
Dimensions:
9.54x6.05x.44 in. .84 lbs.

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