The Bear in the Attic - by Patrick F McManus (Paperback)

About the Book

In his newest collection of hilarious essays, the beloved humorist brilliantly captures the funny and strange in everyday existence. Here, he ponders everything from the strange allure of the RV to what happens when a bear decides to hibernate in the attic.

Book Synopsis

Hilarious and heartwarming stories of outdoor mishaps and misadventures from the beloved five-time New York Times bestselling humorist, Patrick F. McManus, "a writer who makes people laugh out loud, hard." (The New York Times)

Overflowing with McManus's trademark outdoorsman's wit, The Bear in the Attic ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish one doesn't actually catch. Here is McManus's most riotous collection to date, for kids and curmudgeons alike, especially when you're running low on food, your compass is broken, and you're fairly certain you just spotted a family of Sasquatches frolicking in the treetops.

Including such classic stories as "Comments I Could Do Without" and "Roughing It Over Easy."

Review Quotes

Praise for Patrick F. McManus

"Everybody should read Patrick McManus."
--The New York Times Books Review

"Patrick McManus is a treasure."
--The Atlantic

"Hilarious."
--Los Angeles Times

"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor."
--People

"Funniest guy in a flannel shirt"
--Kirkus Reviews

"Gentle, ironic, self-deprecatory wit from the popular western humorist. There's some of Bill Nye here and more still of Mark Twain."
--Booklist

"Laugh-out-loud funny."
--School Library Journal

"Today's most gifted outdoor humorist."
--Detroit Free Press

"The funniest writer around today--indoors or outdoors."
--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

About the Author

Patrick F. McManus (1933-2018) is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from Outdoor Life and other magazines. He has sold roughly six million copies of such bestselling books as They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?; The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw; and A Fine and Pleasant Misery.