The Resource Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear, Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast
Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear, Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast
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- Summary
- This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go-the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it. "This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning." So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen' The answer, after reading Assume the Worst, is: Nobody. And who better to illustrate-and with those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point of view-than Roz Chast, best-selling authorllustrator and National Book Award winner' The answer again is easy: Nobody. Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address (Being Perfect) and George Saunders's commencement address (Congratulations, by the way), the collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the outside, but inside it is anything but. This book is bound to be a classic, sold year after year come graduation time. Although it's also a good gift for anyone starting a job, getting married, or recently released from prison. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the stuff in there to more than keep us all going
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 39 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525655015
- Label
- Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear
- Title
- Assume the worst
- Title remainder
- the graduation speech you'll never hear
- Statement of responsibility
- Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast
- Title variation
- Graduation speech you will never hear
- Subject
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- Conduct of life -- Humor
- Graduation (School) -- Humor
- HUMOR / Parodies
- HUMOR / School & Education
- Humor
- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor
- Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor
- Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor
- Self-help publications
- Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go-the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it. "This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning." So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen' The answer, after reading Assume the Worst, is: Nobody. And who better to illustrate-and with those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point of view-than Roz Chast, best-selling authorllustrator and National Book Award winner' The answer again is easy: Nobody. Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address (Being Perfect) and George Saunders's commencement address (Congratulations, by the way), the collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the outside, but inside it is anything but. This book is bound to be a classic, sold year after year come graduation time. Although it's also a good gift for anyone starting a job, getting married, or recently released from prison. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the stuff in there to more than keep us all going
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hiaasen, Carl
- Dewey number
-
- 818/.602
- 817
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN6231.P3
- LC item number
- H53 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Chast, Roz
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Baccalaureate addresses
- Baccalaureate addresses
- Self-actualization (Psychology)
- Success
- Conduct of life
- Graduation (School)
- HUMOR / Parodies
- HUMOR / School & Education
- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Label
- Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear, Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1019886985
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 39 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525655015
- Lccn
- 2018933388
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019886985
- Label
- Assume the worst : the graduation speech you'll never hear, Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1019886985
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 39 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525655015
- Lccn
- 2018933388
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019886985
Subject
- Conduct of life -- Humor
- Graduation (School) -- Humor
- HUMOR / Parodies
- HUMOR / School & Education
- Humor
- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor
- Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor
- Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor
- Self-help publications
- Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc
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