Roy Blount Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard

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An eclectic collection from Roy Blount Jr., master of American humor writingI'll tell you what kind of book I believe in: one that makes people say, at first sight, what the first person who ever saw a camel must have said: ';What in the world is that?' And then, after a while, ';Yet it seems to fit together some way.'In this laugh-a-minute assortment of essays, travel writing, poems, and even the occasional crossword puzzle, Roy Blount Jr. covers sixty-four different subjects, all unified by his trademark humor. ';Tan' is a personal essay about Blount's lifelong battle withsometimes for and sometimes againstthat elusive summer glow. ';Wild Fish Ripped My Flesh' chronicles his misadventures navigating the Amazon River. And ';Lit Demystified Quickly' is a tongue-in-cheek poem about larger-than-life literary figures such as James Joyce, William Faulkner, and Walt Whitman.Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hardis a classic compendium of the wisecracks and wisdom for which Blount is renowned.