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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

by John Callahan

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Cover

ISBN13: 9780679728245
ISBN10: 0679728244
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

"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."

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679728245
Editor:
Callahan, John
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Author:
Callahan, John
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Form - Cartoons & Comics
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Social Services & Welfare
Subject:
Alcoholics
Subject:
Cartoonists
Subject:
Quadriplegics
Subject:
Alcoholics -- United States -- Biography.
Subject:
Comics & Cartoons
Subject:
Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons
Subject:
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography.
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
April 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
807x520x59 52

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