{"product_id":"sitcom-david-mcgimpsey-9781552451885","title":"Sitcom","description":"\u003cp\u003eImplicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, David McGimpsey's \u003ci\u003eSitcom\u003c\/i\u003e is both serious poetry and a work of comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere Timon of Athens meets Shania Twain, that's where you'll find \u003ci\u003eSitcom\u003c\/i\u003e. Mischievous, generous and side-splittingly funny, this collection of wry soliloquies and sonnets begins with a milestone birthday and finds itself in demi-mondes as varied as the offices of university regents and the basic plot arc of \u003ci\u003eHawaii Five-O\u003c\/i\u003e - offering, along the way, a sincere contemplation of mortality and the fashion sense of Mary Tyler Moore. In between, you'll find Auden, Arthur Carlson, oper, Girls Gone Wild and the lead from Suddenly Susan's turn as a creative writing student.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnembarrassed by its literary allusions or its hi-lo hybridity, \u003ci\u003eSitcom\u003c\/i\u003e's strategic and encompassing voice is prepared for each comedic disaster and is, somehow, always ready for next week's episode.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David McGimpsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552451887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552451885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.22w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire Books of the Yr\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 41","brand":"David McGimpsey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459532271871,"sku":"9781552451885","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de625b98-cad0-4694-bd01-3d4f7edefe4b.jpg?v=1777410270","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sitcom-david-mcgimpsey-9781552451885","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}