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<p>Implicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, David McGimpsey’s <em>Sitcom</em> is both serious poetry and a work of comedy. 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 <em>Hawaii Five-O</em> ? offering, along the way, a sincere contemplationof mortality and the fashion sense of Mary Tyler Moore. Unembarrassed by its literary allusions or its hi-lo hybridity, <em>Sitcom</em>’s strategic and encompassing voice is prepared for each comedic disaster and is, somehow, always ready for next week’s episode.</p> <p>‘McGimpsey displays erudition, clever insights and a knack for the wickedly funny wisecrack.’</p> <p>? <em>The Washington Post</em></p> <p>‘[McGimpsey] finds thehumanity hiding in the hilarity. This guy is as funny as David Sedaris, and more inventive.’</p> <p>? <em>The Ottawa Citi...楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る