I want to clarfiy this as well: I have been referring to each snippet as chapters, implying that they must be read in order. This is not the case. You can read any of them in any order. I am mainly referring to them as chapters because some of the titles are rather inappropriate...but I've decided to just share the list with you (because we're all adults here), and if you don't like them, this is not the book for you!
- The Famous Suchi Pants Story
- The Night We Almost Died
- The Blowjob Follies
- Everyone has "That" Friend
- Tucker F***s a Fat Girl, Hilarity Ensues
- The Now Infamous Tucker Max Charity Auction Debacle
- Quite The Vacation
- Tucker Goes To Vegas
- Floss
- The Foxfield Trip
- The Austin Road Trip
- My Key West Trip
- Girl Beats Tucker At His Own Game
- Tucker Tries Butt Sex; Hilarity Does Not Ensue
- This'll Just Hurt A Little
- The UT Weekend
- The Pee Blame
- Tucker Goes to a Hockey Game
- The Absinthe Donuts Story
- The Most Disturbing Conversation Ever
- She Won't Take No for an Answer
- Tucker Ruptures His Appendix
- The Sex Stories
- Tucker Has A Moment of Reflection; Ends Poorly
- The Dog Vomit Story
- The Midland, Texas, Story
- The Worst Tucker Story Ever
- Snoop Story
- Tucker Goes 3-Minute Dating; Hilarity Ensues
- The Tucker Max Book Tour
So, is this short stories then? It sounds like a postmodern narrative, with a variable structure and multiple identities. I'm not personally offended, but remain somewhat confused, I have to admit.
ReplyDeleteYes, short stories! Which is great if you have limited free time (such as, fifteen minutes here and there), and still want to get some reading in. All the stories are written by the same character, Tucker Max (the author AND main character). He does utilize a few different story telling methods. Some of the stories are little blips that relate to each other on some common theme (ex: The Blowjob Follies). Others are a play by play (ex: The Famous Sushi Pants Story), and others are written as if Tucker were sitting in your living room, telling you exactly what went down (from what he can remember...he's usually drunk). It's entertaining, but not necessarily the most...educational, in regards to a developing plot line, character analysis, symbolism, etc... in fact, those things just don't exist in this book. However, Max definitely uses hyperbole, foreshadowing, and personification, now that I think about it!
ReplyDeleteWait, author and character? So is this memoir rather than short story? Is this a piece of fiction or nonfiction? It's so interesting to me that the more I learn of these little bits, the more the unclear I become about what genre this is. That makes me almost sure that it's a post-modern approach to literature. Ahh, it's cool to see you turning your critical eye on this text. So, there are authorly techniques that he uses to connect his story to his readers! How do they work for you?
ReplyDeleteMemoir, yes! Why couldn't I think of that before? It's nonfiction. Wikipedia describes it as the following:
ReplyDeleteI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a book written by Tucker Max, published in 2006, that details anecdotal stories. It made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2006, 2007 and 2008. It sold an estimated 70,000 copies its first year.
Composed of short stories narrated by the author, it often focuses on the narrator's humorous excess. The stories normally deal with themes such as the author's views on women, drinking (often to excess), insulting people, and embarrassing sexual encounters