List Price: $21.95Amazon.com's Price: $17.56 You Save: $4.39 (20%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 792
EAN: 9781597778565
Format: Audiobook, CD
ISBN: 1597778567
Label: Phoenix Audio
Manufacturer: Phoenix Audio
Number Of Items: 5
Publication Date: April 01, 2008
Publisher: Phoenix Audio
Sales Rank: 1604353
Studio: Phoenix Audio
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Padded, but funny
How can a three-week visit to Japan provide a humorist with enough material for a whole book? To answer that in the words of the author: "Well, it's not going to be a GOOD book."
Actually, he found plenty to write about but he DID pad it somewhat with extraneous jokes. Still, he had a lot to poke fun at because, as he says, Japan is so FOREIGN. Where else could people take everything so seriously but be allowed to fart in public?
As is typical of his syndicated column, Dave ... Read More
Rating: - Funny, if irreverent.
"Dave Barry Does Japan" is funny. I caught myself laughing out loud. Dave's approach tells a lot about Japan from an American perspective, though I am not sure I'd recommend it to my Japanese friends. It is a little irreverent.
Rating:  - Hilarious
I'm not a big book-reader, and I never thought a book could be laugh out loud funny until I found Dave Barry. You'll find yourself bursting out with laughter... and then realizing that everyone around you is staring at you, wondering what was is so funny.
One of the best Dave Barry books, and one of the funniest books ever. Short, but amazing. I know nothing about Japan and I'm not planning on going there ever, but it was just great. As with most Dave Barry books, what you'll actually learn ... Read More
Rating:  - Pretty lazy effort, overall...
... but at least he admits he's being lazy!
Dave Barry has always struck me as the 'guy' version of Erma Bombeck. You always know when the twist / joke is coming, and a little goes a long way.
Rating:  - Good for a giggle
If you've ever lived in Japan, like I have, you will find this a bit too light. It was good for a giggle, but that's all. Nothing to take too seriously. I think I finished it in a day or two.
|
