The protagonist is the worst human being ever, and its told entirely from his perspective. Honolulu is a dirty, coastal backwater stinking of fish heads and featuring in its town square a bronze statue of the discoverer of hawaii, sir edmund honolulu iii, not to mention lots of bums and prostitutes. Its not difficult to recognize the influence of handeys sketch writing background throughout the book. Jack handey on his new novel the stench of honolulu. For the last 16 years, honolulu magazine has sponsored a yearly contest for short stories that reflect hawaii in setting, characters, and theme. The legendary deep thoughts and new yorker humorist jack handey is back with his very first novela hilarious, absurd. Jack handey s the stench of honolulu is the funniest novel published this year. The hawaii of the book is not a place any tourist would recognize. An excerpt from the novel the stench of honolulu, which comes out tomorrow. Humorist and author jack handey provides a tongueincheek take on travel and leisure writing, and with that sentiment, read for merely sheer pleasure with the least seriousness.
Honolulu once had a thriving fishing industry, but now the only thing left was the stench. The stench of honolulu hawaii state public library. Every plot device is ridiculous, every character is an overthetop cartoon. The great thing about the stench of honolulu is that it reads just like deep thoughts by jack handey. This book utilizes the very best aspects of sketch comedyheightening humor. A tropical adventure jack handey, read by the author. The stench of honolulu may be just over 200 pages, but those pages are small the stench of honolulu is roughly the dimensions of a hardy boys adventure book, and the type on them is really big. The stench of honolulu npr coverage of the stench of honolulu. We landed in a dirty, coastal backwater called honolulu. Jack handeys first novel is an exotic tale with laughoutloud twists and unforgettable characters. As i expected, it contains nothing of great societal import and is unlikely to affect anyones life in a deep or significant way, but i enjoyed it. This book, published by one of hawaiis foremost literary journals bamboo ridge see listings in magazines, features stories from the honolulu magazine fiction contest.
Deep thoughts were always a highlight of snl, and handeys style of mixing dry comedy and nonsequiturs is right up my alley. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The stench of honolulu is jack handeys first full length narrative. Book excerpts are provided by the publisher and may contain. The stench of honolulu by jack handey grand central publishing. The stench of honolulu written and read by jack handey. George saunders, new york times bestselling author of tenth of december, to the new york post. Jack handeys the stench of honolulu is the funniest novel published this year. In the end, the stench of honolulu is a very quick, very silly read that had me laughing frequently.
A tropical adventure is one of those unique books that must be taken with a grain of salt. The story is compact, the chapters are short, and nearly every paragraph contains a punchline meant as punctuation on a thought. It would still be a plot, though, and it would carry the book along. The legendary deep thoughts and new yorker humorist jack ha. The korean palace of honolulu book i mina enter the world of honolulu s hostess bars and lives of mina, cathy momma, jana, suki, naiomi, mimi, tina and mr. Were the s of h not a comedy, the plot would probably not be very engaging. Now jack handey has written a novel, the stench of honolulu. The stench of honololu are you a fan of books in which famous tourist destinations are repurposed as unlivable hellholes for no particular reason. A tropical adventure is handeys first novel, and though it ostensibly tells a longer narrative story, it mostly ditches plot in favor of handeys wellcrafted oneliners. Read the stench of honolulu a tropical adventure by jack handey available from rakuten kobo. Honolulu is also home to the golden cow stink bomb factory, which adds to the stench. But he is hilarious without meaning to be, and thats what makes book enjoyable. Handeys deep thoughts books were staples at bookstore checkout counters for a decade, collecting together his best segments from saturday.
It will take the triedandtrue form of his short, surrealistic bursts but connecting all of them into a ridiculous adventure tale with laughoutloud funny twists and characters. Jack handey on his new novel the stench of honolulu a nationally known comic writer has a new book out, set in honolulu. Stench of honolulu was a book i was excited to read. Every fact is made up, including everything about hawaii and honolulu. The legendary deep thoughts and new yorker humorist jack.
Jack handey revels in the stench of honolulu deep thoughts by jack handey was an icon of saturday night live in the 1990s. Jimmy fallon out this month july 16 from hachette audio. Despite the potential for a lot to love and many of the jokes delivering, the structure and tone of the story undermine the comedy and leave me wishing for something. A clever, absurd and fantastical adventure that could only have sprung from.
The stench of honolulu is in this last category, perhaps by itself. In 1970, 19 year old mina has come from afar to make good of her impoverished life. The stench of honolulu the ohio digital library overdrive. The stench of honolulu the legendary deep thoughts and new yorker humorist jack handey is back with his very first novela hilarious, absurd, farflung adventure tale. While reading the stench of honolulu it took me a few chapters to get reacquainted with handeys particular brand of dry, deadpan humor, but once there, i was cracking up at practically every other line. The legendary deep thoughts and new yorker humorist jack handey is back with his very first novela hilarious, absurd, f. My wife has an aunt whos zany and fun to be around, and while reading this book i realized her humor is very much jack handeyesque. A tropical adventure from the worlds largest community of readers. Our heroes soon embark on a quest for the golden monkey, which takes them into the mysterious and stinky foreign land of honolulu. The stench of honolulu download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. A clever, absurd and fantastical adventure that could only have sprung from the hilariousslashlunatic mind of jack handey. The legendary deep thoughts and new yorker humorist jack handey is back with his very first novela hilarious, absurd, farflung adventure tale.
Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. The author is jack handey, most famous for his short but witty deep thoughts jokes featured on saturday night live. The disappointing thing about the stench of honolulu is that reads just like deep thoughts by jack handey. Humorist and author jack handey provides a tongueincheek take on travel and leisure writing, and with that sentiment, read for. The stench of honolulu vancouver island regional library. The stench of honolulu cards deep thoughts by jack handey. The stench of honolulu a tropical adventure are you a fan of books in which famous tourist destinations are repurposed as unlivable hellholes for no particular reason. Every little bit of the stench of honolulu is too much.
An excerpt from jack handeys new book, the stench of honolulu, available july 16th. The stench of honolulu sometimes reads less like a novel and more like an incisive satire of a noveland i mean that in the most complimentary way possible. A tropical adventure, written and read by the legendary snl deep thoughts and new yorker writer jack handey. Click download or read online button to get the stench of honolulu book now. When my friend don suggested we go on a trip to the south seas together, and offered to pay for the.
Book summary two friends who are given a treasure map by a travel agent embark on a quest for the golden monkey in the mysterious land of honolulu, where they meet untold dangers, encounter. If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down. A tropical adventure book online at best prices in india on. When the book came in the mail, i thought for a moment i had accidentally ordered the large print version. The stench of honolulu written and read by jack handey audiobook excerpt. There, they meet untold dangers, confront strange natives, kill and eat turtle people, kill some other things and people, eat another thing, and discover the ruins of ancient civilizations. The stench of honololuare you a fan of books in which famous tourist destinations are repurposed as unlivable hellholes for no. The stench of honolulu is like an hg wells novel with jokes instead of inventions. He has written several humor books, including, most recently. Pdf the stench of honolulu download full pdf book download. The coral reef, it turns out, is actually thousands of old fish heads. When you are reading a book by jack handey, and you come across a sentence such. I certainly laughed out loud a lot as i listened to this book at work, but the one liners werent supported by a cohesive enough overall story that kept me completely interested.
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