Piece By Piece

I've listened to a few of Trillin's books and he is very funny. I love his dry, understated humor. Can't keep the books separate...was this the one with the short story titled "Geography". The story about how he and his sister would fight over territory in the back seat of the car. His mother's admon......more

We live in a world that no longer deserves Calvin Trillin. His humorous pieces, as in this audiobook, are whimsical and self-deprecating. In the Trumpiverse, these are characteristics that are in short supply. His serious pieces are full of facts and ideas, also in short supply. Listen to this if yo......more

Trillin gets quite a few funny one-liners mentioned in a range of subjects, so I thought I'd give the book a go. It had some laughs, but not much of anything deeper or more profound. No great truths lurking behind the laughter, as I really hope from humor (and I get, for example, from Terry Pratchet......more