Seven Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin
Written by James Sullivan
Narrated by Alan Sklar
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James Sullivan
James Sullivan was born and raised in Quincy, Massachusetts, and has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has written for The New York Times and National Geographic Traveler, the magazine. He lives with his family outside Portland, Maine, 3.4 miles from the birthplace of film director John Ford, who steamed into Omaha Beach on Plunkett.
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Readers find this title interesting and insightful, providing a glimpse into the life and career of a modern-day philosopher. The book covers his childhood and how it shaped his thinking, as well as his early career and the challenges he faced. It offers great insights and is recommended for those interested in understanding the journey of a philosopher.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Got a little bogged down over the seven words litigation. Great for covering his early career and the changes in his career. Good job of covering the down years after Occupation Foole to the HBO years. Great insights.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was so interesting how George got where he got. I recommend
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5nonfiction/biography. I admit that I wasn't listening attentively to the whole book (I like to use the playaways to read myself to sleep) but the parts I caught were interesting--a very remarkable and accomplished life, all things considered. I did notice some chapters repeated parts of other chapters, but in this playaway format it doesn't really matter.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I once heard it said that no matter how bleak or hopeless or terrifying the world may be, that you can always count on some of the greatest philosophers and their words will not only make sense but it will make the world, and nearly everything in it, more palpable. Not only that, but by doing so, they will help bring society to a better world.
In modern day, I see some of the best philosophers to be our comedians. They have the super ability to look at the same things we all do and make it more palpable and that a better world is possible.
Now, with this book, you get to find out how one the greatest modern day philosophers got to be just that. You learn how his childhood opened his mind to a new way of thinking, how he took that with him to every stop along his years in the military and first jobs, and kept believing in himself no matter what world put in his way. Through all that you can not help but end with a deeper respect for this man that you started the book with. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5If you don't know why George Carlin is important, but want to, then this book will spell it out for you. Letter by letter, job by job, word by word. Sometimes that is done well, here, it seems a bit dogged and labored.