Are You Sh*tting Me? by Cary McNeal [rare books]

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Book Summary

Are You Shtting Me?* (published October28,2014; ~320 pages) is a laughoutloud trivia collection packed with 1,004 shocking, absurd, and often gross facts that blend humor with the bizarre. Topics range from ancient medical oddities and disgusting global dishes to horrifying historical torture methods and odd bodily triviasuch as maggots used to clean wounds, Icelands fermented shark hkarl, the rat torture method of the Dutch Revolt, and the average person picking their nose five times an hour and sometimes eating it. Mirroring the tone of his earlier books like Scared Shtless* and *1,001 Facts That Will Scare the S#t Out of You, McNeal intersperses each fact with a sarcastic or darkly witty aside, creating a noisy combination of shock, disgust, and laughter.

Reviewers describe it as ideal for casual browsingperfect for conversation fodder or entertaining boredom-killing readouts in short bursts. Fans of bizarre trivia and cringe-worthy humor praise it as an ideal bathroom reader gift or a quirky coffee-table pick-me-up .

About the Author

Cary McNeal is a humor writer and Emmywinning creator known for his irreverent and factpacked style. Author of *1,001 Facts That Will Scare the S#t Out of You and Scared Shtless: 1,003 Facts That Will Scare the S#t Out of You, he also writes for TV and web platforms, and runs a longrunning humor blog called List of the Day. Based in the American South, he often blends his offbeat, sarcastic comedic voice into every bizarre truth he shares, making his books as much commentary as trivia