Glory Days
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By Simon Rich
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Simon Rich returns with a batch of can't-miss stories in which Super Mario turns forty and is forced to “take-a stock” of his life and how “messed up it’s-a become.” Goliath struggles to control the media narrative in the lead-up to his death match against David, a small, beloved child. And a long-discarded participation trophy reminisces about the glorious field day in 1993, when he wound up in the arms of a jubilant, asthmatic Simon Rich.
High-stakes and heartfelt, Glory Days mourns the death of youthful innocence and hails the beginning of something approximating wisdom.
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“His most mature effort yet.… What I found most impressive about his comic writing is what he does after the twist: managing a degree of pathos within a concise frame that you rarely see outside a Sondheim musical.”Jason Zinoman, New York Times
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“There’s nobody who does it better than Simon Rich.” -Vulture (The Best Comedy Books of 2024)Vulture
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“In this laugh-out-loud millennial-bait story collection, an aging Super Mario ‘takes-a-stock’ of life, a cast-off participation trophy reflects on the good days, and more.”People
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“Thoughtful and revelatory…I marveled at Rich's ability to juxtapose a really off-the-wall idea with a tender-hearted ending...He's always been this good.”Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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“Despite the hilarity of these premises, Rich isn’t just a funnyman…. Readers will laugh, then nod, then shed a tear, finally doing all three at once. For a humorist, there is no higher praise.”Booklist
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"The travails of an aging Super Mario, the media battle between David and Goliath, and the workplace woes of the foul-mouthed Tooth Fairy are among humorist Rich’s latest concoctions....His follow-up to New Teeth is clever fun."Kirkus Reviews
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"Always hilarious"Washington Independent
- On Sale
- Jul 23, 2024
- Page Count
- 224 pages
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- ISBN-13
- 9780316569118
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