Alternadad Tome Nets Boffo Review
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Pollack, Neal. Alternadad. Jan. 2007. 304p. Pantheon, $23.95 (0-375-42362-1). 306.874.
Pop-culture writer Pollack has a reputation as a fun-loving, party-going hipster. For years he danced awkwardly from relationship to relationship, until he found the person he was looking for and settled down (sort of). Now we learn his deep, dark secret: he loves his little boy, loves him with a goofy, all-consuming love that makes him (and the reader) break out into smiles nearly constantly. This book, which recounts the author's transition from hipster guy to hipster dad, is both laugh-out-loud funny and cry-softly poignant. Written in Pollack's in-your-face, no-holds-barred style, it just may be the most offbeat book about parenting ever written, and fans of the author's previous, equally idiosyncratic book--including that pop-culture staple The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature (2000)--will be utterly enraptured.--David Pitt
Comments
Damn it, this thing doesn't come out before Christmas. I wanted it for Christmas.
Posted by: Wayne | December 6, 2006 06:49 PM
Every day is Christmas in Alternadad-land!
Posted by: Neal Pollack | December 6, 2006 06:54 PM
Not to detract from your imminent glories, but I think that the collective narratives embodied in the Bible, Old and New Testaments, make it the most offbeat book about parenting ever written. Still, second place isn't bad.
Posted by: HungaryMungary | December 7, 2006 09:33 AM
I'll be placing my order come payday. Congrats on the review.
Posted by: Steve the Robo-Pirate | December 7, 2006 10:34 AM
um... why are all the ads on your site for adult and dog(?) diapers?
Posted by: Joe | December 7, 2006 02:24 PM
Good question. The site is about to go through a MAJOR change.
Posted by: Neal Pollack | December 7, 2006 03:22 PM
What's frigging hilarious is that those ads appear to be contextually served up based on an automatically-generated analysis of the site's content. Hence the ads for NBA team content, diapers, cat urine solutions, etc.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the inevitable onslaught of ads for vaporizers...
Posted by: James in PDX | December 7, 2006 06:06 PM
Preordered already. Can't wait for it.
Posted by: mrbenning | December 8, 2006 07:01 AM
Congrats on the review!!!
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