Are you looking for a laugh-out-loud funny read? I highly recommend Swim the Fly by screenwriter Don Calame! I listened to it on audio and fell down laughing many times -- not only does narrator Nick Podehl do the voices of each character perfectly, but he also has spot-on comic timing with the hilarious dialogue.
Here is a brief synopsis:
Fifteen-year-old Matt Groton and his two best friends, Sean and Coop, always set a summertime goal -- this year's is to see a real-live naked girl. But given the fact that none of them even has the nerve to ask a girl out on a date, this is going to be a challenge. Plus, Matt gives himself a second, more daunting goal -- to swim the impossible 100-yard butterfly to impress his crush, hottie Kelly West. The trouble is, Matt can't even do one lap of the fly, let alone four. His friend Coop points out the flaw in Matt's plan: "I'm sure Kelly finds the sight of a scrawny, pasty white dude flopping around in the water like a spastic salmon very hot."
Matt and his friends cook up many wacky schemes to catch a girl in the buff, but all they succeed in doing is getting into trouble. Some plots (like dressing in drag to sneak into the girls' locker room) strain credibility, but the hilarious results more than make up for it.
All in all, Don Calame's sometimes-raunchy debut novel is worth a look (or a listen)! Next up: this book's sequel, Beat the Band.
Lisa U.
CC Library
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