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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780743274708
ISBN number: 0743274709
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: October 25, 2005
Publishing house: Simon & Schuster
Sale Popularity Level: 297884
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Every Person On The Planet tells the delightful story of Edmund and Rosemary, an average couple who lead an uneventful life, and what happens when one fateful day they decide to throw a party for the holidays. As their guest list becomes longer and longer, they become paralyzed with the fear of forgetting anyone. So naturally, there's only one thing to do--they invite every person on the planet. They never expect that the whole world will show. But what happens when the whole world does?
Every Person On The Planet is hilarious, touching, thoughtful, and uniquely beautiful. We think this is an altogether perfect book and you will too.
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If you do, search no farther for a hostess gift. Edmund and Rosemary fill the bill. From the throes of decision on invitees to clean-up, any host or hostess will empathize with--and recognize themselves in--their plight. Very clever and right on point.
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Loved EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET, a short but touching book
written and illustrated by Bruce Eric Kaplan . . . he's a cartoonist
for the NEW YORKER and a former writer for both SEINFELD and
SIX FEET UNDER.
Reading his book was like reading a comic book for adults . . . there
are delightful illustrations on almost every page, and the
accompanying story about a Brooklyn couple who decide to throw
a party--while just a tad bit farfetched--was one I could nevertheless
relate to . . . it seems that in having this bash, they faced the
dilemma of who to invite and who not to invite, so to be safe,
they just everyone in the whole world.
And amazingly, everyone in the world decided to attend.
What was fun was looking at the illustrations and then reading
Kaplan's accompanying commentary, which included such
marvelous passages as the following:
* But if you don't invite all the cousins,
that's all you ever hear about from
your parents and that's the last thing
Edmund and Rosemary needed.
So they invited each and every one
of them and sadly, their spouses who
they didn't care for in any way.
Particularly Edmund's cousin
Helen's husband, Joe,
who was always
irate about something
no one ever cared about.
* A billion people ran into their exes, which was
awkward for them, and everyone else. It was
a real argument for staying in touch with your
exes, but not one that was convincing enough
to make any significant amount of the population
do it in the future.
* And my favorite:
Edmund had an epiphany. He realized he had
the power to feel connected to anyone, but it was
all up to him. He determined to make this his life's
work, starting tomorrow. Of course, when he woke
up the subsequent morning, he forgot all about it. He
continued to have spiritual crises periodically
as he always had, which was one of the things
about him that Rosemary had just learned to live with.
If you're looking for the ideal gift to give somebody,
do consider EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET . . . I had
such a good time with it that I'm now looking forward to reading
the other books that the author has written.
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I found BEK's new book to be wholy original and quite humorous. Entertainment Weekly gave it a good review which led me to check it out. Not surprisingly it is quite like his cartoons in The New Yorker each week. For anyone who wants a good laugh, pick up this book. You can't go wrong.
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I bought this book because I thought it would be a great Christmas gift, luckily I read this before I gave it to anyone. It was so blah, it was NOT funny, in fact it elicited no emotions at all from me except boredom. I decided I could not give anyone this weird, boring book for Christmas, so now I am stuck with it.
I usually have a pretty off-beat sense of humor, I can laugh at most situations, but this book killed any chance of laughter.
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If you have enjoyed BEK's drawings in The New Yorker over the years, or have ever suffered from the anxieties induced by the pressures of the year-end holidays, then you must have this book. (Those two things pretty much cover everyone.)
The book is funny in the BEK way, and would make an irreverent gift for those who pretend to have it all.
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