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Ken Tremendous Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Michael Schur is a television producer and writer. I'm here: https://t.co/0pPS0cAOOZ. This account will be dormant for a while due to Elon and Trump and the Nazis. Hope to see you all again someday.

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Book Cover for: The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy
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It’s a book about how the problems that arise in our lives are sort of inescapable, that you can’t ever truly undo the things that you’ve done. It’s one of my favorite novels.

Hardcover, 2018

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Book Cover for: Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace
Ken TremendousKen Tremendous

That’s probably my favorite book I’ve ever read. There’s a problem with adapting it now, which is that the book was, so it came out in ’96, he wrote it over the eight years prior, and the book imagines a very near future. It’s almost a little Black Mirror-y, if you’ve seen that show.

Hardcover, 1996

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Book Cover for: How to Be Perfect, Ron Padgett

How to Be Perfect

Ron Padgett
Ken TremendousKen Tremendous

Hello, New York. In support of my forthcoming book "How to Be Perfect," I'm appearing at @92Y on January 26th with a young up and coming comedian named Jon Stewart. Attendees must be vaxxed/masked. Tickets for sale here (will be virtual as well): https://www.92y.org/tickets/reservesyos.aspx?performanceNumber=182517

Paperback, 2007

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