ROY BLOUNT JR. - What A Christmas Present

12/23/2009 7:30 pm

Come in for a delightful holiday treat with the great American humorist.  He presents his newest book, ALPHABET JUICE. His take on language is unlike, and more fun than, any other.

As well as being an author, you may know him from his hysterical contributions to NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780307266187
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Knopf, 5/2007

A sly, dry, hilarious collection of essays—his first in more than ten years—from the writer who, according to The New York Times Book Review, is “in serious contention for the title of America’s most cherished humorist.”

This time Blount focuses on his own dueling loyalties across the great American divide, North vs. South. Scholarly, raunchy, biting and affable, ol’ Roy takes on topics ranging from chicken fingers to yellow-dog Democrats to Elvis’s toes. And he shares experiences: chatting with Ray Charles, rounding up rattlesnakes, watching George and Tammy record, meeting an Okefenokee alligator (also named George, or Georgette), imagining Faulkner’s tennis game, and being swept up, sort of, in the filming of Nashville. His yarns, analyses, and flights of fancy transcend all standard shades of Red, Blue, and in between.


$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780374532048
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Sarah Crichton Books, 9/2009
After forty years of making a living using words in every medium except greeting cards, Roy Blount Jr. still can't get over his ABCs. In ALPHABET JUICE, he celebrates the juju, the crackle, the sonic and kinetic energies, of letters and their combinations. He has a strong sense of right and wrong, but he is not out to prescribe proper English. His passion is for questions such as these: Did you know that both "mammal "and "matter "derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how "wince" makes you wince?

$16.95
ISBN-13: 9781400046454
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Published: Crown, 2/2005
"Every time I go to New Orleans I am startled by something.” So writes Roy Blount Jr. in this exuberant, character-filled saunter through a place he has loved almost his entire life—a city “like no other place in America, and yet (or therefore) the cradle of American culture.” Here we experience it all through his eyes, ears, and taste buds: the architecture, music, romance (yes, sex too), historical characters, and all that glorious food. Discover the pre-Katrina New Orleans that may be again.

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Quail Ridge Books & Music
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Raleigh
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