Until I Find You

After listening to Until I Find You by John Irving a couple years ago, I fell in love with the story and with Arthur Morey's voice. I had to kick things off with this one since Arthur now reads me to sleep every night. I know that makes it sound like the book is boring, but truly it's not. Just after hearing the same book all the way through around 19 times it's soothing familiarity has replaced sleeping pills or booze. The bonus is I get to hear the story all the way through again every couple months. The twenty-eight disc set detailing the life of Jack Burns will become your best friend.

The story is basically divided into 3 parts: Jack and his mom searching for the lost daddy, Jack as a schoolboy, and Jack as an adult. Sex, tattoos, wrestling, music, and acting flow in and out of the book from beginning to end somehow tying everything together. I haven't read the book on my own (it is on my shelf though) so I can't say if that experience is as entertaining. There are several awesome one-liners and "mini-stories" throughout that lighten the mood, like the time Jack's errant stream of piss almost soils a knee high Picasso. Or when Jack takes his confused third grade teacher to the academy awards.

As long as you aren't weirded out too easily guys and girls should enjoy this book equally, but as Michelle Maher (Jack's accidental girlfriend) points out, "Jack Burns is just too weird."

If you like: Charles Dickens, Chuck Palahniuk, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski, David Sedaris you might like Until I Find You

Please post comments and let me know if you want more story synopsis or what I can improve to help you decide whether or not to read.