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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 378
EAN: 9780316067171
ISBN: 0316067172
Label: Back Bay Books
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 08, 2007
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Sales Rank: 183182
Studio: Back Bay Books
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"Loud, raucous, infantile, racy, and very funny...The book is full of likable eccentrics, sexual shenanigans, and--if you know where to look for them--valuable life lessons."--Booklist
Animal House, the movie, didn't tell the half of it.
Writing with a freshness and joy that make Dartmouth 1960 feel like a beer-soaked rock-and-roll heaven on earth, Chris Miller tells the real story of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity as no one else could. Seal, Doberman, Otter, the legendary Moses (he of the burning bush) - these titans and dozens of others come alive again, terrorizing the administration, taunting cops, surviving their own lunacy, and challenging the squareness of a stifling time. The Real Animal House is the perfect antidote for a conventional age much like today.
"A breezy, chuckle-worthy read, and a must for the Animal House fan." -Courier-Post
"Action-packed. . . . A boozy holler of a book, with a great soundtrack." -Kirkus Reviews
"A seriously funny read. . . . The joy and exuberance that Pinto and his pals demonstrate holds a lesson for every generation that needs to learn not to blindly follow the expectations of parents and guidance counselors, but to seek out those blissful bands of merry misfits that appear from time to time." -Review
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I read the book before i even read a review of it. I have to say that i felt like i was with Pinto the whole step of the way. I grew up about 10 mins from Dartmouth and my grandparents and great-grandparents were the Tanzi family that owned the store that supplied them beer. This bood just rings so true to when you get a bunch of frat brothers together. It makes me miss college and my frat brothers more. I only wonder how they all graduated. This book is great. If you love the movie and you ... Read More
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If you liked the movie Animal House you will LOVE this book. Chris Miller wrote the original screen play and many of the funniest scenes from the film were straight from his days at Dartmouth. It is a fascinating look at frat life in the '60s and Rock and Roll but better than that it is just HILARIOUS. All the elements of the film I liked were here in spades, with more and better stories they could never have put in a film. Miller is a keen observer with a real knack for phrasing that makes his storytelling ... Read More
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The book is a sad ~50 year old remembrance of the "good old college frat boy days". It has a few laughs, but Miller tries too hard to be funny and crude. That anyone would revel over such behaviour 50 years after the fact is pathetic.
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I discovered National Lampoon in 1987, at a time when the magazine was in decline and well on its way to becoming a brand tag for C-grade movies starring Paris Hilton. But there was enough residual genius left in the magazine to change my life. That year, at age 15, I read a story by Chris Miller with the ever-subtle title of "C--k Tales." It was so fabulously wrong that I sent in my subscription card that same day.
Connoisseurs of gleeful depravity might get a chuckle or two out of this book, ... Read More
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The very fact that "awesomely" appears in the subtitle as if it were an acceptable adjective of the English language should have been enough to dissuade me from picking up this book. I am somewhat ashamed to admit that I compounded that error by reading the entire book.
It was not that the book is in any way compelling, fascinating, or even humorously entertaining. I continued reading it far beyond my usual tolerance for a dull narrative and poorly developed characters, and despite the persistence of the ... Read More
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