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One More Thing
- Author
- B. J. Novak
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 17 April 2014
- Run Time
- 6 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Finding inspiration in questions from the nature of perfection to the icing on carrot cake, from the deeply familiar to the intoxicatingly imaginative, One More Thing finds its heart in the most human of phenomena: love, fear, family, ambition, and the inner stirring for the one elusive element that might make a person complete. The stories in this collection are like nothing else, but they have one thing in common: they share the playful humour, deep heart, inquisitive mind, and altogether electrifying spirit of a writer with a fierce devotion to the entertainment of the reader.
Critics Review
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Playful and inventive . . . One More Thing is a special read
Shortlist
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A teller of funny, skew-whiff tales . . . Novak has, like, totally been compared to David Sedaris and Woody Allen, which is insane but also kinda true
New Statesman
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Lively, sweet-natured . . . Novak is best when he reaches beyond a punchline.... My favourite piece, 'Dark Matter'. . . feels profound
Sunday Telegraph
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One More Thing is very funny . . . Novak adds emotional depth to some well-crafted, often explosive pay-offs
Financial Times
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Remarkably good. There's a wildly eclectic range on display, from personal meditations to flights of absurdist whimsy
Guardian
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Brilliant surreal stories, full of unexpected twists and turns
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Details
- Author
- B. J. Novak
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 6 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 April 2014
- ISBN
- 9781405532136
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
A boy wins $100,000 in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. An acclaimed ambulance driver seeks the courage to follow his heart and throw it all away to be a singer-songwriter. A school principal unveils a bold plan to permanently abolish arithmetic. A new arrival in heaven, overwhelmed by infinite options, procrastinates over his long-ago promise to visit his grandmother. We meet a vengeance-minded hare. We learn why wearing a red T-shirt is the key to finding love; how February got its name; and why the stock market is sometimes just . . . down. Finding inspiration in questions from the nature of perfection to the icing on carrot cake, from the deeply familiar to the intoxicatingly imaginative, One More Thing finds its heart in the most human of phenomena: love, fear, family, ambition, and the inner stirring for the one elusive element that might make a person complete. The stories in this collection are like nothing else, but they have one thing in common: they share the playful humour, deep heart, inquisitive mind, and altogether electrifying spirit of a writer with a fierce devotion to the entertainment of the reader.
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