The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers

by Andy Borowitz

Prepare to be shocked.
From the man The Wall Street Journal hailed as a "Swiftean satirist" comes the most shocking book ever written!
The Borowitz The Big Book of Shockers, by award-winning fake journalist Andy Borowitz, contains page after page of "news stories" too hot, too controversial, too -- yes, shocking -- for the mainstream press to handle. Sample the groundbreaking reporting from the news organization whose motto is "Give us thirty minutes -- we'll waste it."

Genres: Humor

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Andy Borowitz is an award-winning comedian and New York Times bestselling author. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard College, where he became President of the Harvard Lampoon. In 2001, he created “The Borowitz Report,” a satirical news column, which has millions of readers around the world. As a storyteller, he hosted “Stories at the Moth” from 1999 to 2009. As a comedian, he has played to sold-out venues around the world, including during his national tour, “Make America Not Embarrassing Again,” from 2018 to 2020. His latest book, Profiles In Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber, was an instant New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Indiebound bestseller, and was named one of the seven best nonfiction books of fall 2022 by Kirkus Reviews. He is the first-ever winner of the National Press Club’s humor award. He lives with his family in New Hampshire.

Reviews

[Velamur Vasu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of blogs from his site. The whole book does not loose the steam with which it started. I liked those letters from KIM inbetween pages very much. It was well placed and a balanced the whole book.

Most of the self-deprecating humour of US politics at its best. A very wacky kind of Art Buchwald in short to say.

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very funny collection of columns the author publishes on the Web. Very entertaining.

[Andrew Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good bathroom reading.

[Patti · Rating 2 out of 5]

Outdated in 2011, but, still funny.

[Salvadesswaran · Rating 3 out of 5]

Outdated. Funny. The American version of Faking News.

[Jim Davis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would have enjoyed it more in 2004 but it's very dated now. I still get a current feed of Borowitz's column today and it's usually pretty good although definitely slanted towards those with a liberal view.

[Seann Haver · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious OMG

OMG so funny! Loved this book, still laughing!
Andy is brilliant, I highly recommend this book. Good for your mental health, especially after living in the trump years!