The chords are just A, D, D” - he said, “I like that. He was also generous: When I attempted a Steven Wright joke - “I’m writing a new song about concentration struggles in the age of social media. In our interview, which has been edited for clarity and length, Wright exhibited that same kind of openness and curiosity, frequently turning questions around on me and happily veering off topic. Then he thought maybe that goes for the entire human race.”
Like Calvin, Harold has a vocabulary and an introspective streak unlike any 7-year-old’s he ponders his existence, deciding in a Vonnegut-esque way that “the problem was he was smart enough to ask the question but not smart enough to answer it. Some definitely sound like Steven Wright jokes, as when Harold muses about why a needle would be in a haystack or asks his beleaguered teacher, “Do you happen to know the history of trick questions?” But the book also has other characters - childhood crush, a supportive grandfather - as well as a (warped) narrative of sorts, including a long dream sequence on the moon and a space visit with Carl Sagan. “My mind is skipping around, going from one subject.” “I thought of that before I was even writing the book,” Wright recalls. We experience “the circus in his head,” as each new thought comes to him in the form of a small bird that flies through a rectangular window in the middle of his brain. Wright’s Harold is a third-grader stuck in class while his imagination soars and dives through a series of adventures and memories. That same originality and dry humor ricochets throughout his novel. It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to have to paint it. You couldn’t park anywhere near the place.Įverywhere is walking distance if you’ve got the time. I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. Wright’s comedic style onstage is, famously, the opposite of caffeinated his deadpan delivery elevated him to the top of the stand-up world in the 1980s with one-liners like these: Moore unpacks healthy boundaries, asking for what you need in a friendship, animals as friends, falling in love with a friend and even attachment styles. But Lane Moore’s new book will help you find your people Entertainment & Arts Adult friendship is hard.
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