The Worlds Largest Man, Harrison Scott Key
The Worlds Largest Man, Harrison Scott Key
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The World's Largest Man
A Memoir

Author: Harrison Scott Key

Narrator: Harrison Scott Key

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/01/2017

Synopsis

Harrison Scott Key was born in Memphis, but he grew up in Mississippi, among pious, Bible-reading women and men who either shot things or got women pregnant. At the center of his world was his larger-than-life father—a hunter, a fighter, a football coach, "a man better suited to living in a remote frontier wilderness of the nineteenth century than contemporary America, with all its progressive ideas, and paved roads, and lack of armed duels. He was a great man, and he taught me many things: how to fight, how to work, how to cheat, how to pray to Jesus about it, how to kill things with guns and knives and, if necessary, with hammers."

Harrison, with his love of books and excessive interest in hugging, couldn't have been less like Pop, and when it became clear that he was not able to kill anything very well or otherwise make his father happy, he resolved to become everything his father was not: an actor, a Presbyterian, and a doctor of philosophy. But when it was time to settle down and start a family of his own, Harrison started to view his father in a new light, and realized—for better and for worse—how much of his old man he'd absorbed.

Sly, heartfelt, and tirelessly hilarious, The World's Largest Man is an unforgettable memoir.

About Harrison Scott Key

Harrison Scott Key is the author of The World’s Largest Man, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and Congratulations, Who Are You, Again?. Harrison’s TEDx talk about the challenges and rewards of creative ambition (“The Funny Thing About the American Dream”) is featured on TED.com, and his humor and nonfiction have appeared in The Best American Travel Writing, Oxford American, Outside, The New York Times, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Bitter Southerner, Town & Country, The Mockingbird, Salon, Reader’s Digest, Image, Southern Living, Gulf Coast, Creative Nonfiction, and elsewhere. He has spoken and performed on radio (Snap Judgement, WNYC Studios) and for hundreds of festivals, bookstores, conferences, variety shows, and universities. He lives in Savannah, Georgia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on October 24, 2015

You should only read this book if you have ever: had a father, visited and/or lived in, and/or seen movies set in the South, felt that you were unlike the other members of your family, played a sport your father loved and were bad at it, feared that one of your parents was racist or in some other way......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 30, 2023

I haven't even finished yet & I'm already confirming this is a 5 star book. Hilarious & tender in equal measure. I love it. Any book that attempts to make me laugh has to live up to the Dave Barry test: Does it make me laugh out loud against my will? This one passes with flying colors: I will admit......more

Goodreads review by Candice on January 28, 2022

Before I even begin to discuss the book, let me tell you how I learned of its existence. I attended a wedding of an old friend last year. I only knew a few people at the wedding. As is my habit, I turned to one person I knew tangentially and asked what he was reading. He answered that he didn’t have......more

Goodreads review by Harrison on January 05, 2021

Today, you can get famous for almost anything. You can do something amazing, such as save a baby from a well or run for president or be an astronaut, or you can do something evil, like make another Spider-Man movie. The thing I got a little famous for is writing a book called The World's Largest Man......more

Goodreads review by Matt on November 09, 2023

One of the most gifted writers I’ve ever read.......more

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