DIE LAUGHING

From the co-creator of celebrated The Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a new laugh-out-loud funny and provocative anthology of jokes for aging baby boomers, organized into topics that span from memory to sex to death and the afterlife.

Growing old can be scary, confusing, and sometimes depressing. But growing old can also be cathartic if we have the sense of humor to laugh at ourselves. And William Novak, co-creator of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, has the jokes to prove it. Covering perennially compelling topics like dealing with doctors, long marriages, and, yes, even death, DIE LAUGHING is a nonstop joy from cover to cover and sure to become a go-to gift for grandparents.
Each chapter is introduced by a brief essay that offers a reassuring perspective and some good news on growing old (You get to live longer than your parents and grandparents and they didn’t get to take a magic pill to help improve their sex lives). As a joke expert, Mr. Novak has strived to collect jokes that show more dignity than going straight to vulgarity. This is a book meant to be a sweet gift for your father, your cousin, your friend, your mother, your boss, or anyone else celebrating a birthday whose first digit is 6 or higher. It’s also an appropriate gift for someone who has invited you to their home, has done you a favor, or is recuperating from an illness.

William Novak has written or co-authored twenty-two books, including the autobiographies of Lee Iacocca, Tip O’Neill, Nancy Reagan, Oliver North, the Mayflower Madam, Magic Johnson, Natan Sharansky, George Stephanopoulos, and Tim Russert. The New York Times has called him “the biggest name in the business.” He is also the co-editor with Moshe Waldoks of The Big Book of Jewish Humor.