The Smartest Book in the World
The Smartest Book in the World
The Smartest Book in the World
A Lexicon of Literacy, A Rancorous Reportage, A Concise Curriculum of Cool
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The Smartest Book in the World
The Smartest Book in the World
A Lexicon of Literacy, A Rancorous Reportage, A Concise Curriculum of Cool
Ratings3
Average rating3.7
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Greg Proops is a horrendously funny man. His self-styled Smartest Man In The World podcast is chock full of savage wit, baseball, movies, pop culture, politics and the sound of a middle-class white dude railing against the world. The Smartest Book In The World covers much of the same ground and is none the worse for that.
This book is like wandering through the canyons of Proops' mind. It is full of his preoccupations, passions and written in such a way that you can, if you've ever heard him, hear his voice in your head. But in a good way, not a psychotic way. Ahem.
Yes, there is a LOT of baseball, which Proops acknowledges in the afterword, but it's informative and shows his love for the sport. However, maybe one too many fictional Baseball teams?
There is poetry here, art too. Movies and books too. Proops loves classic cinema and here we get short chapters on Sidney Lumet and Foreign Film amongst others. History is thrown into the mix and we get potted histories of Caesar and Alexander the Great.
If you know of Proops you'll love this book. If you don't, crack open a bottle of vodka-flavoured vodka, put your feet up and luxuriate in the ramblings of one of the world's best comics. You won't regret it.
