Books I’m Excited About #2: Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Title: Assassination Vacation
Author: Sarah Vowell
Relationship: Saw it at my neighborhood bookstore and bought it immediately, as I have done with each of Sarah Vowell’s books.
Synopsis: Sarah Vowell takes a cross country roadtrip visiting sites of America’s most infamous political murders.
Acquired: See above.
Excitement: I’ve been a Vowell since 1997 when I first heard her pieces on "This American Life". I’ve since read all of her books as soon as I could get my hands on them. And since now she’s voiced a character in The Incredibles, is repped by the Steven Barclary Agency and thanks just about every young media demnigod you can think of in her acknowledgements (Eggers, Hornby and Ira Glass to name but three), I declare her to be officially leading the world’s greatest life. I sit somewhere between quiet awe, smoldering jealousy and the lingering hope that we’ll be friends someday.
Early Verdict: Next to the toilet. 10 pages in already.