Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway, (Paperback)

from Unreachableshelf

Although I am normally a big fan of Dave Barry, his style doesn't quite do it for me in this book. I enjoyed the chapter on south Florida, but the rest of it lacks specifics, seems too easy, and falls flat.

from wdwilson3

Barry is silly as ever in this send-up of American politics, but his running gags fall a bit flat and his long section on South Florida politics is off the mark.

from Juva

This is a snarky book about a whole cloud of things. It starts with the United States government, but it meanders from there into U.S. History, Florida, and concludes with a recounting of the drama surrounding the 2000 election. At no point is this book serious. It's basically just a serious of c...

from nderdog

Dave Barry does it again! A great look at the humor of politics.

from JMlibrarian

Right up there with Wodehouse as a guaranteed mood lifter. Do not read with food; you might asphyxiate in a fit of hysteria. And bear in mind that "piracy on the low seas is ok" in the Barry Constitution. . .oh, that did it. I can't. . .