A Book You Might Like – Dave Barry Does Japan

Dave Barry Does Japan contains one of the definitively best passages of Dave Barry’s Oeuvre. I would love to retype it here in full, but instead I will let you read the entire book (which you must do RIGHT NOW regardless of your prior commitments) so that you don’t miss any of the laughs.

Dave Barry is a comedic Genius. We already know this. In Dave Barry Does Japan, he also flexes his journalistic chops, showing us that he is as shrewd, insightful and (while sometimes hyperbolic) honest as he is hilarious. He highlights some of the best things that an outsider would notice about Japan. The not so great things? Presented with humility and grace, if at all.

It’s certainly not a textbook on Japan, but it was still informative. Even if you don’t learn anything, it is still a great read because it is simply so funny!