The World of Simon Rich - Softcover

Simon Rich is a graduate of Harvard University, where he was president of The Harvard Lampoon. Shortly after graduation he became a writer for Saturday Night Live. He worked on Inside Out for Pixar and is currently writing and producing the hit comedy Man Seeking Woman. He lives in New York City. Simon Rich's new BBC Radio 4 series is coming in June.

Simon Rich is outrageously, lavishly gifted -- Caitlin Moran How fabulously funny -- Lauren Laverne Hilarious. Open this book anywhere, begin reading, and you will laugh -- Jon Stewart Arguably the wittiest American humourist of his generation Guardian This year's giggliest read Observer magazine A remarkably funny writer, likely to make you laugh harder than any other ... there's no funnier writer working today Shortlist Rich has a wonderful way of making a familiar situation strange and then presenting it in deceptively simple language, within a perfectly lucid, concise structure ... Genius ... He is a Thurber, even a Wodehouse, for today. Who could ask for more? You can give his books to people and just watch them laugh. Only after you've snorted through them yourself, though -- David Sexton Evening Standard Simon Rich is very much laugh-out-loud funny. He can conjure authentic, from-the-abdomen laughter on almost every page. He stacks surrealism on top of slick satire on top of pure childish silliness in such a brilliant and condensed way, there are sometimes three laugh-out-loud moments within the same paragraph ... He is exactly the right kind of writer for the internet: funny, high-concept, accessible, short, sharable, a James Thurber for the Twitter age -- Matt Haig Guardian Brilliant ... Slightly nerdy and very sharp -- William Leith Evening Standard