![]() ![]() Do you know who’s not looking at me? Pedophiles.”). You know why? They’re … trying to figure out who I’m looking at. The best moments include such memorable concoctions as a Comedy Central Roast for Nelson Mandela and To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen attending a Justin Bieber concert (“Everybody’s looking at me. But he synthesizes those influences and has delivered something wholly original. His influences run from celebrated New Yorker humorist James Thurber to Steve Martin to the Harvard Lampoon style of comedy (no wonder, as Novak was a member of the publication in college) to stand-up comedian Steven Wright. ![]() Novak’s writing mirrors his acting in that both rely on dry wit and deadpan delivery. The varied length of the stories adds to the pleasure it’s like sampling a multicourse meal instead of gorging just on pizza. For this companion volume, chapters have been commissioned from an entirely different group of mathematics educators who have collectively accumulated hundreds. This is a great book to read in spurts - on the subway or in a waiting room. Not all stories will appeal to all readers, but one of the virtues of the short-story collection is the ease of flipping around. ![]()
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