Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400065882)

In Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place-with endless comic potential.

-If your girlfriend gives you some "love coupons" and then breaks up with you, are the coupons still valid?

-What kind of performance pressure does an endangered male panda feel when his captors bring the last remaining female panda to his cage?

-If murderers can get into heaven by accepting Jesus, just how awkward is it when they run into their victims?

Join Simon Rich as he explores the extraordinary and hilarious desperation that resides in ordinary life, from cradle to grave.

"Hilarious." -Jon Stewart

Author: Simon Rich
ISBN-10: 1400065887
ISBN-13: 9781400065882
Publisher: Random House Trade
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2007
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.21w x 0.47d
Award: Thurber Prize for American Humor - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/05/2007 pg. 50
Entertainment Weekly 04/06/2007 pg. 80
Booksense Picks 04/01/2007 pg. 1
People Weekly 04/16/2007 pg. 60
Booklist 03/01/2007 pg. 53
Library Journal 04/15/2007 pg. 89
New York Times 04/22/2007 pg. 21

About the Author
Simon Rich has written for The New Yorker, GQ, Mad, The Harvard Lampoon, and other magazines. He was part of the writing staff of Saturday Night Live and Pixar. He is the author of a novel, Elliot Allagash, and two humor collections, Free-Range Chickens and Ant Farm, which was a finalist for the 2008 Thurber Prize for American Humor. He lives in Brooklyn.