How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for writing a wildly inaccurate newspaper column read by millions of people? America’s resident wiseass tells his life story with the humor you’d expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything.
Class Clown, as funny books go, is a home run—albeit a shallow, wind-aided home run. Barry leans heavily on old clips of his writing to fill this book up, and that’s fine, but near the end the bag of leftovers grows soggy ... This book never goes too deep. Barry had two early marriages before marrying his current wife in 1996, for example, but no details are provided.
Not a comprehensive autobiography nor is it a tell-all memoir but it does offer glimpses of the man behind a stellar 50 plus year successful career ... The chapter titled My Readers is so funny it may actually make you laugh out loud until you snort and cry ... An inspiring, uplifting, life-affirming gem from a writer who observes and commends the lighter side of life.
