Assume The Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
by Carl Hiaasen /
2018 / English / EPUB
15.8 MB Download
This is
This isOh, the Places You'll
Oh, the Places You'll Never
NeverGo
Go--the
ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a
college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about
it.
--the
ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a
college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about
it.
"This commencement address will never be given, because graduation
speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration.
That's not what you need. You need a warning."
"This commencement address will never be given, because graduation
speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration.
That's not what you need. You need a warning."
So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to
prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to
warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen?
The answer, after reading
So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to
prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to
warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen?
The answer, after readingAssume the Worst,
Assume the Worst, is:
Nobody.
is:
Nobody.
And who better to illustrate--and with
those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point
of view--than Roz Chast, best-selling author/illustrator and
National Book Award winner? The answer again is easy: Nobody.
And who better to illustrate--and with
those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point
of view--than Roz Chast, best-selling author/illustrator and
National Book Award winner? The answer again is easy: Nobody.
Following the format of Anna Quindlen's
commencement address (
Following the format of Anna Quindlen's
commencement address (Being Perfect
Being Perfect) and George Saunders's
commencement address (
) and George Saunders's
commencement address (Congratulations, by the way
Congratulations, by the way), the
collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the
outside, but inside it is anything but.
), the
collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the
outside, but inside it is anything but.
This book is bound to be a classic, sold
year after year come graduation time. Although it's also a good
gift for anyone starting a job, getting married, or recently
released from prison. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its
own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might
not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the
stuff in there to more than keep us all going.
This book is bound to be a classic, sold
year after year come graduation time. Although it's also a good
gift for anyone starting a job, getting married, or recently
released from prison. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its
own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might
not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the
stuff in there to more than keep us all going.