Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches (Paperback)(Large Print)

from grandpahobo

Incredibly funny. I believe part of the reason I enjoyed this so much is that we live in the area of western Massachusetts where most of the book is set. If you live in another area of the country (or even east of Worcester) you might not enjoy it as much as I did, but you will still laugh out lo...

from Juva

A darkly humorous collection of stories from the author's life. They relate to his life growing up, he career trajectory, and his various vacation homes in out-of-the-way locations. Throughout them run the theme of mortality like a black ribbon. He is a humor writer who is unafraid to face the re...

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It's a rare event that I'm moved to laughter and tears, and unsurprisingly to deep introspection, on a given passage in any book, and yet this often happened while I was reading John Hodgman's Vacationland. Part of this, I will admit, is because I'm similar in age to the author and our personal c...

from bogopea

I love the sardonic wit and deep insights of this book by John Hodgman. I am familiar with him from the Sunday NYT Magazine so I was looking forward to reading this book and was not disappointed. The memoir of sorts is about his wanderings in NYC, MA and the ME coast. Beneath the wit is an touchi...

from albertgoldfain

For a satirical humorist known for encyclopedic fake trivia, Hodgman is surprisingly funny with his authentic voice in Vacationland. I had seen the standup shows that included some of this material, but it becomes even more cohesive as a story collection.