{"product_id":"way-to-go-smith-9780060957940","title":"Way to Go, Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn his award-winning first book, Bob Smith offered up a witty dose of nineties reality with his observations as a happily adjusted gay man. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, after breaking up with his longtime boyfriend, Smith looks back to his painfully normal childhood to see where all the trouble really began. Like every other American kid, Bob's adolescence was marked by alternating moments of blissful ignorance, hazy confusion, and humiliating self-consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in these pages, Bob evokes his youth with a vividness that will make you shudder and howl with recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these hysterically humorous pages, Bob Smith introduces readers to his comically unsympathetic grandmother, who makes light of his carsickness: Bob only throws up because he's near the window and he can; to his first teacher crush, whose five-o'clock shadow could plunge a room into darkness; and to his first brush with fame, when he fainted from his chair during a biology filmstrip (Way to go, Smith ).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Sharp, observant, ingeniously ironic, and wholly satisfying, this new Lambda Award-nominated collection is at once bittersweet nostalgic fun and a testament to the unquestionable gifts of a highly original comic writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.30w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060957940\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Bob:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bob Smith is the author of \u003cem\u003eGrowing Up Gay, \u003c\/em\u003e written with the Funny Gay Males, which was nominated for a Lambda Award. He tours extensively, performing across the country, and has written for numerous television shows, including Roseanne's, Saturday Night Special, and the MTV Video Awards. Smith is set to star in a new gay sketch-comedy series, coproduced by the CBC and Showtime, for which he will write and perform. Raised in Buffalo, New York, he now lives in Los Angeles with his boyfriend, Tom. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921814470771,"sku":"0060957948","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1788d027-077e-487e-9287-57777a1602ce.jpg?v=1647351990","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/way-to-go-smith-9780060957940","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}