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Rob Delaney

Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

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Rob Delaney is a father, a husband, a comedian, a writer. He is the author of an endless stream of beautiful, insane jokes on Twitter. He is sober. He is sometimes brave. He speaks French. He has bungee-jumped off the Manhattan Bridge. He enjoys antagonizing political figures, powerful retailers and the Kardashians. He listens to metal while he works out. He broke into an abandoned mental hospital with his mother. He played Sir Lancelot in Camelot. He has battled depression. He is funny as s***. He cleans up well. He and Margaret Atwood have a thing going on Twitter. He is lucky to be alive.

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Critic reviews

"Rob Delaney has done it again! Actually, this is his first book, so he has not 'done it again.' Actually, this book is so good, I doubt he will be able to do it again. He's peaked" (Judd Apatow)
"Warning: This book may cause involuntary seepage. Some funny, funny, funny, funny s*** from the most dangerous man on Twitter. The fact that he's just as funny in long form makes me want to vomit with envy" (Anthony Bourdain)
"All it takes to be as funny as Rob Delaney is luck, good timing, deep compassion, reckless imaginative agility, a flawless grasp of the inner workings of language, and criminally vast quantities of mojo. What a jerk" (Teju Cole, author of Open City)
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I haven’t tried Audible before so maybe I would have enjoyed this more had I “read” it myself.
I kept waiting the whole time for the “laughs” but didn’t get them, as other reviews had advised, but maybe it’s not meant to be funny?!I love Catastrophe, it’s really well written & acted, so maybe RD has perfected his craft of writing more since this book was written.
He just seems to be trying too hard all the time to be “funny”.
In summary, I don’t really get this book at all but it was ok for a free trial on Audible.

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Would you try another book written by Rob Delaney or narrated by Rob Delaney?

Yes, possibly I would lean more to his writing than narrating - surprisingly flat for a performer.

Would you ever listen to anything by Rob Delaney again?

Yes.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Rob Delaney?

Yes, but I think there is a lot of room for him to improve his narration skills.

Could you see Rob Delaney being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

See: Catastrophe. It's a series by and starring Rob Delaney.

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Loved this book and performance, well written with a great balance of grit and comedy. The author, and narrator, is really likeable I wish I could have him over for dinner!

Hilarious, deep, brilliant

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if you're a fan of Rob or comedy in general or interesting life stories, give this a listen. a funny, honest and at times sad book.

so funny hearing it in his voice.

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Brutally honest and laugh out loud funny with a clear voice that is very easy to listen to.

Rob Delaney is great

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