Robert Skinner
Auteur van Skin Deep, Blood Red
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Werken van Robert Skinner
I'd Rather Not: Essays 6 exemplaren
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 1 exemplaar
I'd Rather Not 1 exemplaar
Bird Habitats on Missouri Prairies 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geslacht
- male
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Besprekingen
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- Werken
- 20
- Leden
- 140
- Populariteit
- #146,473
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 33
- Talen
- 1
Skinner, from Australia, is extremely funny at times and entertaining throughout. I laughed out loud several during some stories, while others were enjoyable, although perhaps not as genuinely humorous to me. As I was reading this collection it did seem that citizens of Australia might appreciate all of these stories more than I would. Other readers should appreciate musings about his job history and other adventures. This collection can be read all at once or one at a time.
Some highlights (not quotes, modified) that had me laughing in tears include: a remark about holding racism against the Swiss; leadership defined as when you to jump in front of a pack of charging camels after being told to; needing money from a first magazine issue to pay for the second being a Ponzi scheme; people compared to pack animals who need to know their place to thrive (still laughing over the context and complete paragraph); listing his reason for visiting a country as "Idiot." This is a quick, easy, entertaining collection with a gorgeous book cover on the edition from Steerforth.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Steerforth Press via Edelweiss.
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