The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw (G. k. hall large print series) - Hardcover

McManus, Patrick F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816148899 ISBN 13: 9780816148899

Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1990

Synopsis

An American humorist takes on a new range of topics, including metaphysics, the benefits of a funny nose, and how to successfully avoid distasteful chores

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Review

"Patrick McManus is a treasure." --The Atlantic

"Everybody should read Patrick McManus." --The New York Times Book Review

"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor." --People

"The funniest writer around today." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"McManus captures the innocence most of us lose when we become grown-up, and reading him you can't help recalling similar times and events in your own life." --Booklist

About the Author

Patrick F. McManus (1933-2018) is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from Outdoor Life and other magazines. There are nearly two million copies of his book in print, including his bestselling The Shoot Canoes, Don't They?; The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw; and A Fine and Pleasant Misery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0816148899
• ISBN 13: 9780816148899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254