| Author: | David McGimpsey | ISBN: | 9781770562059 |
| Publisher: | Coach House Books | Publication: | September 1, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Coach House Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | David McGimpsey |
| ISBN: | 9781770562059 |
| Publisher: | Coach House Books |
| Publication: | September 1, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Coach House Books |
| Language: | English |
Implicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, David McGimpsey’s Sitcom is both serious poetry and a work of comedy. Mischievous, generous and side-splittingly funny, this collection of wry soliloquies and sonnets begins with a milestone birthday and finds itself in demi-mondes as varied as the offices of university regents and the basic plot arc of Hawaii Five-O – offering, along the way, a sincere contemplation of mortality and the fashion sense of Mary Tyler Moore. Unembarrassed by its literary allusions or its hi-lo hybridity, Sitcom’s strategic and encompassing voice is prepared for each comedic disaster and is, somehow, always ready for next week’s episode.
‘McGimpsey displays erudition, clever insights and a knack for the wickedly funny wisecrack.’
– The Washington Post
‘[McGimpsey] finds the humanity hiding in the hilarity. This guy is as funny as David Sedaris, and more inventive.’
– The Ottawa Citizen
Implicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, David McGimpsey’s Sitcom is both serious poetry and a work of comedy. Mischievous, generous and side-splittingly funny, this collection of wry soliloquies and sonnets begins with a milestone birthday and finds itself in demi-mondes as varied as the offices of university regents and the basic plot arc of Hawaii Five-O – offering, along the way, a sincere contemplation of mortality and the fashion sense of Mary Tyler Moore. Unembarrassed by its literary allusions or its hi-lo hybridity, Sitcom’s strategic and encompassing voice is prepared for each comedic disaster and is, somehow, always ready for next week’s episode.
‘McGimpsey displays erudition, clever insights and a knack for the wickedly funny wisecrack.’
– The Washington Post
‘[McGimpsey] finds the humanity hiding in the hilarity. This guy is as funny as David Sedaris, and more inventive.’
– The Ottawa Citizen
