tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782942.post111386962218830883..comments2023-10-11T08:00:50.942-06:00Comments on Doctor Teeth's Electric Mayhem: Books: How To Be A CanadianThe Dochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09871483181005895488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782942.post-1113894099237300152005-04-19T01:01:00.000-06:002005-04-19T01:01:00.000-06:00"Inspired readers should read Will's first novel, ..."Inspired readers should read Will's first novel, Happiness, as it's too manicly funny to put down."<BR/><BR/>I agree. Generica/Happiness was one damn funny book.Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601616874859006251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782942.post-1113873456503744962005-04-18T19:17:00.000-06:002005-04-18T19:17:00.000-06:00"It was as if the Ferguson brothers were elbowing ..."It was as if the Ferguson brothers were elbowing me in the ribs, nodding their heads, and winking: 'Hey, funny joke, huh? Like it? There's plenty more where that came from!'"<BR/><BR/>If you ever meet Will (not that difficult, actually, as he's a pretty approachable guy) he'd tell you that's pretty much <I>how</I> they wrote half the book. They started divvying up chapters and more or less put the rest to late night brainstorming sessions. <BR/><BR/>That's why, at three in the morning, they came up with the two-word chapter:<BR/><BR/><B>Chapter 14: How the Canadian Government Works</B><BR/><BR/>"It doesn't."<BR/><BR/>Both brothers have written funnier books than this, to be sure. Inspired readers should read Will's first novel, <A HREF="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/item.asp?Item=978014301639&Catalog=Books&N=35&Lang=en&Section=books&zxac=1" REL="nofollow">Happiness</A>, as it's too manicly funny to put down.Diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970836027279062571noreply@blogger.com