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Simon & Schuster
April 2010
On Sale: April 20, 2010
275 pages
ISBN: 1416599401
EAN: 9781416599401
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Phil Camp has a problem. Not that he wrote a self-help
parody, Where Can I Stow My Baggage?, that the world
took seriously and became a bestseller, or that he’s been
using a phony name. No, Phil’s problem is the limp he’s had
for months. His constant pain leads him to Dr. Samuel Abrun,
a real doctor who wrote a real self-help book (The Power
of "Ow!") that has made thousands of people pain-free. So what happens when the self-help fraud meets the genuine
item? Does Phil get better? Can he hobble out of his own way
to help himself? Most important, can the reader make it
through fifty pages without thinking, Wait a minute. Is
that a twinge I feel in my lower back, or just gas? Phil embraces the doctor’s unorthodox treatments, but saves
some passion for Abrun’s daughter Janet—who has her own
theories about relieving his pain. Meanwhile, Phil delves
into his dark past with the Irish Shrink, his
psychotherapist. And to top it off, Phil confronts his
nemesis, a right-wing radio blowhard, only to find out they
share a common enemy—the same family. Like Carl
Hiassen and Larry David, Bill Scheft knows that the best
humor is excruciating. In Everything Hurts, pain is
the ultimate jester.
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