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Hiaasen, Carl.
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Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor.
Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor.
Conduct of life -- Humor.
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Hiaasen, Carl.
Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor.
Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor.
Conduct of life -- Humor.
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Assume
the
worst
: the
graduation
speech
you'
ll
never
hear
/ Carl Hiaasen ; illustrated by Roz Chast.
by
Hiaasen, Carl.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Call #:
818.602 H623a
Subjects
Baccalaureate addresses -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
Baccalaureate addresses -- Humor.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Humor.
Success -- Psychological aspects -- Humor.
Conduct of life -- Humor.
ISBN:
9780525655015 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Graduation
speech
you will
never
hear
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
39 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Notes:
"This is Oh, the Places You'
ll
Never
Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it. "This commencement address will
never
be given, because
graduation
speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning." So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen? The answer, after reading
Assume
the
Worst
, is: Nobody. And who better to illustrate--and with those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point of view--than Roz Chast, best-selling author/illustrator and National Book Award winner? The answer again is easy: Nobody. Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address (Being Perfect) and George Saunders's commencement address (Congratulations, by the way), the collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the outside, but inside it is anything but. This book is bound to be a classic, sold year after year come
graduation
time. Although it's also a good gift for anyone starting a job, getting married, or recently released from prison. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the stuff in there to more than keep us all going."--From publisher.
Other authors:
Chast, Roz
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