Dave Barrys History of the Millenniu..., Dave Barry
Dave Barrys History of the Millenniu..., Dave Barry
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Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)

Author: Dave Barry

Narrator: Patrick Frederic

Unabridged: 4 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/17/2007

Synopsis

A brilliantly funny look at the tumultuous recent past from the Pulitzer Prize–winning humorist.

Remember when everything was going to go to hell when Y2K struck?

That didn’t happen, right?

But what did happen? To provide a little perspective on a really messed-up millennium (so far), the one and only Dave Barry slips into his historian’s robe (it’s plush terrycloth) and revisits the defining moments in our country’s recent history. As an added bonus, Barry quickly—we’re busy here—tosses in the complete history of the last millennium, covering crucial turning points such as the invention of the pizza by Leonardo da Vinci and the computer by Charles Babbage (who died in 1871 still waiting to talk to tech support).

Fellow Americans, the time has come to bone up with Barry as he puts the hysterical in history.

About The Author

From 1983 to 2004, Dave Barry wrote a weekly humor column for The Miami Herald, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfiction Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster), You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, and I'll Mature When I'm Dead; the novels Big Trouble, Tricky Business, and Insane City; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); and his Christmas story The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog. Two of his books—Big Trouble and Dave Barry's Guide to Guys—have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series, Dave's World, but then it was canceled. The series. Not the life. For many years, Dave was also a guitarist with the late, infamous, and strangely unlamented band the Rock Bottom Remainders.Patrick Frederic is a film and stage actor. He’s also narrated numerous audiobooks, including Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel and Jennifer Government by Max Barry.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chrisiant on January 24, 2008

I think Dave Barry retired at the right time. I grew up loving his humor, but it's become more and more formulaic as time goes on, and there's only so many times that the letters in someone's name rearranged, or a goofy suggested band name, or even, dare I say it, a fart joke, can be funny. This boo......more

Goodreads review by Joe on December 16, 2017

The first chapter of Dave Barry's millennial review is a hilarious, condensed chronicle of the previous thousand years (1000-1999 A.D.); wars, revolutions and cultural epochs swirl past in a kaleidoscope of muddled history. The ensuing chapters lampoon the media, politics and pop-culture of first ei......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on December 31, 2018

I love Dave Barry, all his work, all the time, and I especially love his annual Year in Review. After reading his 2018 review in the Washington Post yesterday and noting how careful he was around some of the worst moments of this year, I wanted to read the review of 2001. Not being able to find it o......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 18, 2016

Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far) is one of the author's more tedious works. The format of the book itself gives it a repetitive nature, but the author's style of writing also leads to repetition. While some repetition can not be avoided, I was hoping for a more original and inspired w......more

Goodreads review by Paul on June 09, 2022

Maybe not quite his best, a couple of recurring jokes never land, but funny regardless......more

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