'At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a way of cutting right through the bullshit and pointing out exactly why I was being an idiot. When I moved back in I was still, for the most part, an idiot. But this time, I was smart enough to write down all the things he said to me...'
Meet Justin Halpern and his dad. Almost 1.5 million people follow Mr Halpernβs philosophical musings every day on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his sayings. What emerges is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father and son relationship from a major new comic voice. As Justin says at one point, his dad is βlike Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hairβ; and this is the sort of shit he says...
βYou know, sometimes itβs nice having you around. But now ainβt one of those times. Now gimmie the remote, weβre not watching this bullshit.β
βHappy Birthday, I didnβt get you a present... Oh, mom got you one? Well, thatβs from me then, too β unless itβs shitty.β
βYour brother brought his baby over this morning. He told me it could stand. It couldnβt stand for shit. Just sat there. Big let down.β
βThe worst thing you can be is a liar . . . Okay, fine, yes, the worst thing you can be is a Nazi, but THEN, number two is liar. Nazi 1, Liar 2.β
βWhy the f**k would I want to live to 100? Iβm 73 and shitβs starting to get boring. By the way, thereβs no money left when I go, just fyi.β