Nincompoopourri

By Bruce Maness

The word Nincompoopourri may be French for a melange of imbeciles, but as author Bruce Maness tells us, in English it describes a nincompoop's collection of stories. That may be more fitting.Maness's book NINCOMPOOPOURRI is a riotous cavalcade of tales, drawn from real-life, ridiculous happenings in his world. From his confused childhood and bumbling career as a writer-filmmaker (The Tomato That Ate Cleveland), through his Marx Brothers-like night at the opera debut in New York, to his work as political film director on Walter Mondale's race for President and Ann Richards' campaign for Governor, an unending Conga line of quirky moments kick-dance their way into his life. With madness bordering on lucidity, he regales us with his nutty experiences, then follows them up with an encore of six fiction pieces, as looney-bird funny as the rest."On a par with Sedaris' maniacal recollections and twisted storytelling, NINCOMPOOPOURRI is a wild read that won't allow you to put it down. I was laughing and snorting from the first few pages. Fortunately, it made me look at my own past with a new sense of normalcy. Melange of imbeciles is now my favorite phrase."----Greg Dorchak, author of WHERE MONSTERS GO WHEN YOU GROW UP

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147939565X
• ISBN13: 9781479395651
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"