All in Humor
Richard P. Feynman's “SURELY YOU MUST BE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN!”
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
Sarah Vowell's ASSASSINATION VACATION
Sarah Vowell’s ASSASSINATION VACATION is an unusual book.
Charles Portis' TRUE GRIT
I’ve never seen the True Grit movies. Till I ran across this book at a yard sale I was never even aware of the novel’s existence. But when you need a Western, as I sometimes do, this appears to be just what the doctor ordered.
Graham Greene's OUR MAN IN HAVANA
This is a grim but witty tale of Cold War skullduggery in pre-revolution Cuba. An expatriate British vacuum cleaner salesman whose teenage daughter has expensive tastes agrees to serve as a paid informer for the British secret service. He starts inventing agents and intelligence reports in order to pad his monthly expense reports.