My Goodness (PB): A Cynic's Short-lived Search for Sa

by JoeQueenan (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $11.86

  'Some of my peers generously regard me as a curmudgeon, but in my heart of hearts I know otherwise. In a very real sense, I am a complete and utter bastard'. As Joe Queenan approached his fiftieth year, he began to feel the effects of a lifetime spent being clinically unpleasant. He looked at icons of goodness - Sting, Ben & Jerry, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere - and saw happy, vibrant, upbeat people, in stark contrast to the mean-spirited, dried-up cynic he knew himself to be. So he decided to set out on a journey of spiritual self-regeneration. And, aware that there is no point in being a wonderful person unless everyone knows about it, he determined to make damn sure people got the facts and figures.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.26

  As the author, Joe Queenan, approached his fiftieth year, he began to feel the effects of a lifetime spent being critically unpleasant. He looked at icons of goodnes - Sting, Ben & Jerry, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere - and saw happy, vibrant, upbeat people, in contrast to the mean-spirited, dried-up cynic he knew himself to be. So, he decided to set out on a journey of spiritual self-regeneration. Aware that there is no point being a wonderful person unless everyone knows about it, he determined to make sure people got the facts and figures. My Goodness traces a bad man's attempt to do truly good things.