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Title: How to Do Things Right: The Revelations of a Fussy Man by L. Rust Hills, Rust Hills ISBN: 0-87923-968-9 Publisher: David R Godine Pub. Date: July, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Re-read recently
Comment: I read this book again recently after finding a copy at the library. I still am not overly fond of this book, but I don't dislike it as much as I used to. A lot of Mr. Hill's oppinions on life in general are very witty and reasonably funny. However, I still think that he dwells to much on the (un-funny) day-to-day routines of his life. Perhaps if he had sped things along a little I could have given his book four stars instead of three.
Rating: 2
Summary: Rambling old man
Comment: This guy really knows how to put people to sleep. I attempted to read this book on a flight from Dallas to Cincinatti. Thirty minutes after take-off (and when I began reading) I was fast asleep. As I never can sleep on planes, this can give you some idea how dull this book is. The first chapters were sort of funny, but the latter half seemed to be just a reproduction of his Day Runner ("6 pm January 17. Drool on self ") I think it could have been far better if the author had stuck to the actual title of the book (namely- How to do things right) instead of Ramblings of an old man.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious Serious Philosophy
Comment: These highly comic essays start with simple instruction--how to eat an ice cream cone, how to fold a map--and move swiftly to more complex issues. In "How Not to Drink and Smoke So Much," for example, you can commiserate with Hills about the beloved 'tuddy' and learn from his early experiments in cutting down. Hills' aptitude for ingenious acronyms is displayed throughout the book. The essays become progressively more revealing--as when he describes a midlife breakdown in all its schizophrenic absurdity--and more seriously philosophical. His ideas about "undoing America," Montaigne, and about the desirability of eccentric traits are humorous, but they have a distinctly profound underside. I give this book to all my coolest friends.
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Title: Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular by L. Rust Hills ISBN: 0618082344 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 06 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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