OH, THE THINGS I KNOW! A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness

For this reviewer, the funniest things about middlebrow comic Al Franken are his face and his lisping, nerdy voice. I liked the title of his first book, RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, far more than its contents. Here, the inside lives up to the outside. It's partly self-parody and partly a send-up of personal advice books by self-appointed gurus. Over this salad, he sprinkles sarcasm at the expense of politicians and others on the public radar. All in all, very tasty. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB / MAR 03]