God, No! (Audio)
by:
Penn Jillette (author)
ISBN:
9781455844739 (145584473X)
Publish date: November 1st 2011
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Atheism
I've always enjoyed Penn and Teller's shows, and I am a fan of their "Bullshit!" program on Showtime, so I expected to be entertained by Penn Jillette, a self-described atheist. As I got into the book I realized that atheism was just a loosely tied thread through the essays, but the book was more of...
Audio book, performed by the author, who is a really funny guy. He makes a case for atheism by outlining the ten atheist suggestions (in place of the ten commandments) and a collection of anecdotes. The latter don't always correspond to the former, but most have a connection to the case for atheism....
I can't decide whether the level of obscenities adds to or detracts from this generally interesting and amusing collection of loosely associated stories and rants. An excess of swearing typically strikes me as linguistically lazy, but Jillette's frothy audio delivery is enhanced at times by the shee...
I enjoyed this book. I pretty much knew that I would as soon as I picked this one up. I’ve been a Penn Jillette fan for almost ten years thanks to P&T: Bullsh*t! Like other reviewers have stated before, this book isn’t totally about atheism. It’s mentioned throughout, but it isn’t what the title wou...
I now know more about Penn Jillette's sex life than I am comfortable knowing. Penn is like a human South Park episode, occasionally brilliant, frequently incoherent, and obsessed with scatological humor on a level that most people get over by the age of 17.