

Elliot Allagash
Author: Simon Rich
Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia
Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/12/2011
Categories: Fiction
Author: Simon Rich
Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia
Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/12/2011
Categories: Fiction
Simon Rich has written for "Saturday Night Live," Pixar, and "The Simpsons." He is the creator and showrunner of "Man Seeking Woman" (FXX) and "Miracle Workers," (TBS), which he based on his books. His other collections include Hits and Misses, Spoiled Brats, and Ant Farm. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker.
This is another book I would like to give a 2.5/5 star rating to. Not quite a 3, but extra cred for it's very funny conceit...a brilliant, disturbed, uber rich kid (Elliot Allagash) is manipulationg the protagonist, Seymour, as a kind of sport. Elliot's goal...to make Seymour, a fellow 8th grader wh......more
It was an interesting book, a little funny. Nothing to rave about.......more
This book seems a bit divisive on GoodReads, but I found it to be a worthwhile and fun read. Criticisms appear to fall largely into 2 categories. The first is expectation. His earlier books are composed of brief, 2-3 page unconnected humorous scenarios which are frequently laugh out loud funny. This......more
SNL writer (and almost impossibly young-looking) Rich displays flashes of real comic invention, but ultimately the book's milquetoast protagonist keeps the book from biting. The details of how the obscenely wealthy Allagashes flaunt and perpetuate their wealth are delightful, but the rest can be fou......more