The stories in Barrel Fever range from everyday people to celebrities, caught up in situations beyond their control, or in the essays, recounting times from his own life.
I have to admit something here. Having already read Santaland Diaries, one of the essays, I found the remainder of the book sadly lacking in actual comedic value, which is kind of what I was reading the book for. The stories aren't really funny, more tragic and depressing, and the story or two that I DID enjoy (even if they weren't funny) were written in a horrible style to imitate someone else's letter-writing, with hundreds of exclamation marks!!!! That gets old real fast. With the exception of Santaland Diaries (which is funny for any retail slave), the rest of the book was average and not at all what I was hoping for.
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