Free-Range Chickens

Free-Range Chickens

In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of lifeâ€™s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.

In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his fear of the Tooth Fairy (â€œIs there a face fairy?â€) and his initial reaction to the â€œGot-your-noseâ€ game (â€œPlease just kill me. Better to die than to live the rest of my life as a monsterâ€). He goes on to present Count Draculaâ€™s desperate Match.com profile (â€œI am normal human looking for human woman to come to castle. I am normal, regular humanâ€). Later, he gets inside the heads of two firehouse Dalmatians who canâ€™t understand their mastersâ€™ compulsion to drive off to horrible fires every day. And in the final chapter, he tackles some of lifeâ€™s biggest questions: Does God really have a plan for us? Yes, it turns out. Now if only He could remember what it was. . . .

Praise for Simon Richâ€™s Ant Farm

â€œAnt Farm has an imaginative power that can trigger snort-fests. . . . Ferociously creative, this book is for readers craving both smart humor and belly laughs.â€
â€“People (four stars)

â€œSavagely funny.â€
â€“The New York Times

â€œHilarious. Open this book anywhere, begin reading, and you will laugh.â€
â€“Jon Stewart

â€œAnt Farm is what all humor books should be: full of brief, high-concept musings that you wish youâ€™d thought of yourself.â€
â€“Time Out New York

â€œA satirical salmagundi that bites back . . . Imaginative premises abound. . . . As unpredictable as YouTube, as in your face as MySpace.â€
â€“Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2008-08-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400065899

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2008-08-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400065899

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