Tom Bodett
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Om författaren
Tom Bodett is a renowned writer and commentator and the first and only spokesperson for Motel 6, the national lodging chain
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Serier
Verk av Tom Bodett
The Big Garage on Clear Shot: Growing Up, Growing Old, and Going Fishing at the End of the Road (1990) 77 exemplar
Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier: A Novel in Stories (Tom Bodett Adventure Series) (1605) 56 exemplar
The Tom Bodett Value Collection: The End of the Road, the Last Decent Parking Place in North America, Those Grand… (2000) 7 exemplar
The difference between school and life? 1 exemplar
Free Fall of Webster Cummings, The (Odyssey) 1 exemplar
Sinkside 1 exemplar
Donw to our last dollar . . . Again 1 exemplar
Fire On Flat Back Ridge 1 exemplar
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1955-02-23
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- Vermont, USA
- Yrken
- home builder
radio host
radio commentator
television host
humorist
voiceover artist (visa alla 8)
spokesperson
columnist
Medlemmar
Recensioner
The Big Garage on Clear Shot: Growing Up, Growing… av Tom Bodett
more tales from the end of the road, touching and funny
Bodett's strength is his humor. This is written as a drama, lacking that wonderful slyness in all his previous books. I know he can manage it along with drama, as he did in Norman Tuttle. So I'm wondering why the miss.
I might be more forgiving if it were another, less talented author.
The story itself was interesting enough and the climax scene had me breathless with anxiety.
I might be more forgiving if it were another, less talented author.
The story itself was interesting enough and the climax scene had me breathless with anxiety.
Short and sweet, and a little more wise than one would expect from someone tagged with the word 'folksy.' This can be considered the second book of a series, with As Far as you can go without a Passport first, and The End of the Road third. Of course they do stand alone, but since the anecdotes are drawn from life, if one reads in order one can see more about the life of the author in order, as for example his development as a parent.
I did read all three in one week and am taking advantage of copy'n'paste for the reviews.… (mer)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 25
- Även av
- 6
- Medlemmar
- 939
- Popularitet
- #27,357
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 24
- ISBN
- 68
- Språk
- 2
- Favoritmärkt
- 2