Why read National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook?

Book cover of National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook

Book description

In honor of the thirty-ninth reunion of the class of 1964 of C. Estes Kefauver High School in Dacron, Ohio, a new edition of their hilarious yearbook brings back such zany characters as Chuck U. Farley, Maria Teresa Spermatozoa, Purdy "Psycho" Lee Spackle, and Larry Kroger, accompanied by a "Where…

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Ohio

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Funny

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Why read it?

1 author picked National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

David P. Murphy

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This hard-to-find book is a masterpiece and I’m not using the term loosely. Doug Kenney and P.J. O’Rourke were responsible for much of this whip-smart gem. The writers perfectly mock every mundane aspect of much of high school life. (For what it’s worth, I genuinely enjoyed high school, but was aslo painfully aware of the deep-seated screwiness of much of the atmosphere.) If you can find this, snap it up. You won’t regret it.

From David's list on absurdity.