Sex and Death to the Age 14
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Book Overview
This is a collection of six monologues by the master of one-man drama. Included are "Sex and Death at the Age of 14," "Booze, Cars, and College Girls," "47 Beds," "Nobody Wanted to Sit Behind a Desk,"... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0394742575
ISBN13:9780394742571
Release Date:June 1986
Publisher:Vintage
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.51 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
"Laugh out loud" - funny!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book made me laugh. Laugh out loud! Over and over again...Spalding Gray's "Sex, and Death to the Age 14" is autobiographical. Spalding Gray is funny, very funny, and a little... extreme. Sometimes you read and wonder if the author's fantasy is "running wild" or if he is flat out lying just to add the little extra to the story. But nevertheless, this is spot-on super-funny book, a book you can expect will crack you up, over and over again. I am not giving away the story, but I can tell you that I found myself almost speed-reading though the pages, eagerly waiting for something that would crack me up (again). I read this book in big gulps at the time, and finished it in a few sittings. There are few books that I have read, that have truly made me laugh out loud. This is one of them. A super-funny book!(If you like this one - I suggest you read David Sedaris' "Me talk pretty one day")
Hwo could such a goof pay such close attention?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
These essays are nothing compared to hearing the man actually relate them, but are nonetheless invaluable illustrations of the human condition. Spalding Gray may never learn his lesson, at least not until he's had lots of time to obsess over his mistakes. This has been his MO since his first theater piece, and will prbably follow him to the grave. Never is his wit and hindsight better aimed than in this collection of mostly coming-of-age type pieces. Nobody but Gray could usurp the poweral archetype of nostalgic, recollected youth with such ease, without appearing to try at all. Of his works, this is probably my favorite, but I still must recommend an audio recording of it over even this fine smorgasboard of sex, death, oedipal complexes, obsessive behavior and rash judgments. Add the man's voice to it and it all almost makes sense.
Loved It.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I read this book in one sitting, laughing so hard at some parts that I cried. This is the perfect book to read when you're home sick or stuck in an airport lobby. Spalding Gray is whacked out, but just sane enough that he could very amusing as your next door neighbor or distant cousin.
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