The author is probably best known as the character Jimmy McGill, a.k.a. Saul Goodman, from Breaking Bad, and its spinoff, Better Call Saul, but Odenkirk has also had a long career in comedy. He draws on that here, with this very dry, droll, ridiculous, and funny book. A lot of comedians and comedy writers fall flat when given a book deal, but Odenkirk, and his friends at McSweeneys keep this project on an even keel and deliver a book that is consistently funny.
This book makes me re-evaluate somewhat my perception of the team of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk in Mr. Show. I would go so far as to say that Odenkirk was really the funny one there, but I have read on the internet that David Cross will hunt you down if he thinks you've gotten too close to that truth.
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