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Description
Old Guy Dad recounts the adventures of a man who, in the autumn of his years--or at least the pre-autumn--discovers his girlfriend is pregnant. He is going to be a father. Again. Only this time he wants to do it right: no heroin, plenty of low-back pain.
A collection of celebrated columns from The Rumpus with new material and never-before-told tales, OG Dad finds Jerry Stahl fighting a terminal disease--not to mention mortality, sleeplessness, and the soul-crushing weirdness of preschool drop-offs with parents half his age. Square is the last frontier.
A collection of celebrated columns from The Rumpus with new material and never-before-told tales, OG Dad finds Jerry Stahl fighting a terminal disease--not to mention mortality, sleeplessness, and the soul-crushing weirdness of preschool drop-offs with parents half his age. Square is the last frontier.
Product Details
| Publisher | Rare Bird Books |
| Publish Date | June 23, 2015 |
| Pages | 280 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780988745629 |
| Dimensions | 7.9 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds |
About the Author
Pushcart Prize-winning author Jerry Stahl has written eight books, including the memoir Permanent Midnight (made into a film with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson), and novels including Pain Killers, Bad Sex on Speed, I, Fatty (optioned by Johnny Depp), and Happy Mutant Baby Pills. His widely anthologized fiction and nonfiction has appeared in The Believer, Esquire, Black Book, and a variety of other places. He currently writes for the IFC series Maron.
Reviews
"Listen up Gen X, Gen Y, and Millennial Dads: the OG Dad has just plunked his creaky carcass down in the Barca-lounger and is about to spit some harsh, hilarious, and needful wisdom your way. Crack any of these essays and get smarter. You're welcome." --Patton Oswalt
"This book has more truth and humor in one sentence than most people experience in a lifetime. I know nothing about children, but if Jerry Stahl can be a dad again after his hell of a ride, he's just about the only guy that gives me hope that someday I could be a great father, too." --Natasha Lyonne
Jerry Stahl should either get the Pulitzer Prize
or be shot down in the street like a dog. --Anthony Bourdain
A better-than-Burroughs virtuoso. --The New Yorker
No one can make me laugh while kicking me down
the dark tunnel of self like Jerry Stahl. --Marc Maron
Stahl's brilliantly demented riffs beg to be read--or screamed--out loud.
--Entertainment Weekly
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