Customer Reviews:
 Happy go lucky fun. July 8, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I very much enjoyed the humor and wit that comprised this story. It was easy to read as it flowed well. I was able to complete the book all during the time we were on vacation. I hope that Mr. Ferguson will continue to write.....should he do so, I will contine to read his books. I very much enjoy his late night show and it was through watching it, that I knew I would find pleasure in his book.
At last, my answer..... June 30, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Years ago, back in college, I broke up with a lovely man, my first real adult love affair. As a parting prize, he gave me Tom Robbin's Still Life With Woodpecker. It was a low blow. If I could find him now, I'd give him this gem as a response.
I don't know if Mr. Ferguson knows how to make love stay either, but the book is one hellufa ride. His author's voice fits perfectly into this hysterial and dark story. I won't even try to summarize it, only recommend it. I've never been a fan of late night television, but I've been watching his show now, mostly because I've developed a terrible crush on him as a result of the book (I know, I'm terrible...).
Read and enjoy.
Humor is the BEST medicine - This is a MUST read! June 19, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I couldn't put this book down! If you are in need of laughter and being swept away - this book is just what you're looking for! It's a must read for anyone who enjoys pure genius comedy!
 A Romp with God. June 16, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Gotta say it, I didn't want to put it down. Would miss
work over it, unless of course Craig Ferguson was scheduled
for a reading at Powell's.
The book was originally a Mother's Day present.
FTN.
Kind read. Tom Robbins meets Chris Elliot...a must read.
A profane and wonderful gem June 13, 2006
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This profane, but truly wonderful novel, is difficult to summarize but easy to recommend. Ferguson tells the separate yet intertwined stories of two Scottish boyhood friends and two brothers from the Deep South. Along the way, Ferguson uses the events, fantasies and dreams they endure to riff on the meaning of life and the human experience.
In the meantime, he roasts Holywood, the American South, Protestants, Catholics, Scientologists, gays, the British, the Scottish and the French, or in other words, everyone. Ferguson also plays with the fabric of time throughout the novel and jumps back and forth while never making the narrative disjointed.
This book is so well written and so funny that you don't want it to end. The ending is understated, funny and weird, which, in this case, is a high compliment.
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