This Is a Book (2011) (edit title/settings)

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit see section history

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Characters/People edit see section history

• George: Add a description of this character.
• Sheila
• Mark
• Dave
• Goreburg
• Jackie
• Socrates
• Ronald
• Lori
• Dr. Stone
• Kevin
• Dr. Barnes
• Grindler
• Arthur
• Cheryl
• Carl
• Doug
• Melinda
• Erin

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• “"I don't know what his problem was, but the magazine I was hanging out with abruptly got up and smacked me twice for no reason."”

• “One thing you learn pretty quickly with a megaphone is that it's hard not to say 'Step right up!' through it. For me that proved to be most problematic at carnivals and soup kitchens. I discovered that if there's one thing carnies and soupies have in common it's that they do not like to 'step right up' and then find that there's nothing there besides a guy with a megaphone”

• “"Regarding the Marching Band: How much more interesting it would be to see a creeping band."”

• “Synonymous: Two questions that are essentially the same are 'How old do you think I am?' and ' Are you ready to feel awkward no matter how you answer this question?'”

• “"Nine Lives?'All you need to know is that each of the cats pictured here was already dead before we took any of these nine photos."”

• “"We found a lump on your neck.Optimist: It's probably just a cyst. Pessimist: Oh God, I'm going to die.Contortionist: That's my toe."”

• “And suddenly everything made sense. I knew what I had to do. I needed to quit my job. But before I could do that I needed to get a job to quit. Ideally, one that would suddenly make everything make sense when I quit it."”

• “When we have a beer, just one beer, by the way, we're getting yelled at for it, even though we never explicitly said that we both had to stop drinking. We're explaining to us, in our defense, that we're not both actually pregnant here.We just went crazy for saying that.We now understand that we're 'both actually pregnant' here.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• United States
• Greece

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Self illustrated: Describe this theme.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Demetri Martin (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PN6165.M358 2011
• Dewey: 818.607

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism
• Books › Entertainment › Humor

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Demetri Martin: Author's website.

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