Handy as I Wanna Be: A Novel with Tools!

by Vince Rause

Vinnie is a regular guy whose life revolves around his bottomless love for his wife and his insatiable need to tackle any and all home repair projects. Unfortunately, these two things are not always... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671032844
• ISBN13: 9780671032845
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

If I die, I want Rause to handle the punctuation on my grave

What will immediately strike you is the impeccable punctuation; deft and daring, his overpoweringly accurate placement and distribution of commas, periods and the like is simply magnificent. I would even venture to say that Rause's punctuation, in the height of its innovation and refinement, even surpasses God at his best.

It's hard to compete with the great reviews on this page.

It may be mediocre, it may be horrifically tedious and painful to read, it may be the epitome of all that is wrong with books these days, it may be amauterishly written and imaturely handled, but it's still an excellent book.

Sterling satire with incisive social commentary

This underrated little gem of a novel has enough scathing satire, probing wit and dark humor to satisfy even the most jaded cognoscenti of humor. Truly a bravura performance from Rause, perhaps the funniest American humorist since Dave Barry.