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Harold

Steven Wright

A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school. Steven Wright is one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians in history.

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Steven Wright's new novel, 'Harold', was described as funny and touching, with a unique voice and insightful observations, mostly from the mind of a child.

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He now has a fantastic new novel entitled Harold, available on May 16th.

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Episode: Steven Wright

Steven Wright's new novel, 'Harold', was described as funny and touching, with a unique voice and insightful observations, mostly from the mind of a child.

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He now has a fantastic new novel entitled Harold, available on May 16th.

it's really funny and touching, it's beautifully written

it's all from the mind of an eight year old

you poured into that funnel everything I think about being alive you know religion war and authority the universe is there a God

it's great that you like it so much I love it

Monday Morning Podcast

Stephen Wright's book 'Harold' was mentioned, and Bill Burr described it as a good read, although he also said that he read two of his best books that week, which makes it sound like he found the book to be disappointing.

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By the way, did you guys ever read that book that Stephen Wright wrote, Harold?

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 2-22-24

Stephen Wright's book 'Harold' was mentioned, and Bill Burr described it as a good read, although he also said that he read two of his best books that week, which makes it sound like he found the book to be disappointing.

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By the way, did you guys ever read that book that Stephen Wright wrote, Harold?

Two best books I read this awful.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-14-23

It was described as being like "Catcher in the Rye on mushrooms" and a wild novel.

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Oh yeah, dude, that guy has a book out called Harold. You have to read.

Oh, it's like, I don't even know how to, what was I describing it as? Catcher in the Rye on mushrooms.

Like it is wild. It's a novel.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 5-11-23

It was described as 'Catcher in the Rye on mushrooms' due to the main character's surreal, hilarious, and thought-provoking stream of consciousness throughout one day of third grade in the 1960s.

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Everything doesn't have to make sense. Just look at the world and your life.

He remembered his grandfather telling him that there is no time and time is moving slow and fast all at once.

Time is moving slow and fast all at once he continued and the grandfather says a snail is taking tiny tiny steps on the armrest of a seat, a seat that's on a 747 cruise speed 580 miles an hour or the Concorde cruise speed 1,356 miles per hour. That's your life. You're a snail on a jet.

They also destroy other people's time by being upset over meaningful fucking bullshit.

This is like Catcher in the Rye on mushrooms is the only way for me to describe it but I actually like this character where I didn't like the character... in Catcher in the Rye because he was kind of a hipster douche.

How Did This Get Made?

Steven Wright's audiobook "Harold" was highly recommended. It was described as fantastic and a book that the speaker's dad enjoyed a lot.

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Steven Wright has written a book, oh yes, called Harold.

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Steven Wright's audiobook "Harold" was highly recommended. It was described as fantastic and a book that the speaker's dad enjoyed a lot.

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Steven Wright has written a book, oh yes, called Harold.

The Steven Wright audiobook called Harold is fantastic and worth reading or worth listening to, it's one of those books by the way, I gave it to my dad, and my dad loved it.

My dad kind of introduced me to Steven Wright back in the day, like I had that tape, it was like I remember it was Steven Wright sitting in like almost a Cubist style room or something like that. It was an audio tape, a stand-up special, and I loved him from that day and I gave it to my dad, my dad just absolutely loved that book.

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