Synopses & Reviews
andlt;Bandgt;Finalist for the 2001 Thurber Prize for American Humor a andlt;Iandgt;Rocky Mountain Newsandlt;/Iandgt; (Denver) Best Book of the Yearandlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Millions of people dream of abandoning the city routine for a simple country life. Jim Mullen was not one of them. He loved his Manhattan existence: parties, openings, movie screenings. He could walk to hundreds of restaurants, waste entire afternoons at the Film Forum, people-watch from his window. Then, one day, calamity. andlt;BRandgt; His wife quits smoking and buys a weekend house in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York -- in a tiny town diametrically opposed to Manhattan in every way. Slowly, however, the man who once boasted, "Life is just a cab away," begins to warm to the place -- manure and compost and strangers who wave and all -- and to embrace the kind of life that once gave him the shakes.
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Jonathan Yardley andlt;Iandgt;The Washington Post Book Worldandlt;/Iandgt; Mullen is even funnier here [than in his andlt;Iandgt;Entertainment Weeklyandlt;/Iandgt; column].
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andlt;Iandgt;The Dallas Morning Newsandlt;/Iandgt; Whether you spend your summer sipping lemonade on a porch swing or gripping a cuppa Joe on the subway, take this book along....Lighthearted and poignant.
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Scott C. Yates andlt;Iandgt;Rocky Mountain Newsandlt;/Iandgt; (Denver) A terrific blend of self-deprecating humor and trenchant observations about the funny side of life on both sides of the great urban-rural divide. Fans of Steve Martin or Dave Barry will love it.
Synopsis
Finalist for the 2001 Thurber Prize for American Humor a Rocky Mountain News (Denver) Best Book of the Year
Millions of people dream of abandoning the city routine for a simple country life. Jim Mullen was not one of them. He loved his Manhattan existence: parties, openings, movie screenings. He could walk to hundreds of restaurants, waste entire afternoons at the Film Forum, people-watch from his window. Then, one day, calamity.
His wife quits smoking and buys a weekend house in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York -- in a tiny town diametrically opposed to Manhattan in every way. Slowly, however, the man who once boasted, "Life is just a cab away," begins to warm to the place -- manure and compost and strangers who wave and all -- and to embrace the kind of life that once gave him the shakes.
Synopsis
FINALIST FOR THE 2001 THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR A "ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS" (DENVER) BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Millions of people dream of abandoning the city routine for a simple country life. Jim Mullen was not one of them. He loved his Manhattan existence: parties, openings, movie screenings. He could walk to hundreds of restaurants, waste entire afternoons at the Film Forum, people-watch from his window. Then, one day, calamity. His wife quits smoking and buys a weekend house in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York -- in a tiny town diametrically opposed to Manhattan in every way. Slowly, however, the man who once boasted, "Life is just a cab away," begins to warm to the place -- manure and compost and strangers who wave and all -- and to embrace the kind of life that once gave him the shakes.
About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Jim Mullenandlt;/Bandgt; writes the "Hot Sheet" column for andlt;Iandgt;Entertainment Weeklyandlt;/Iandgt; and has also written for andlt;Iandgt;The New York Times, New Yorkandlt;/Iandgt; magazine, and andlt;Iandgt;The Village Voice.andlt;/Iandgt;