"This project all started because I was out of work and bored with my life. ... Truth being, my girlfriend was going to leave me if I didn't do something useful."
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What's the Point?
by Victor Konstan Trafford Publishing
book review by Omar Figueras
Filled with aphorisms, comedic reflections, and a flair for pointing out the irony in almost everything he surveys, Victor Konstan's What's the Point? is a hilarious ride for those readers seeking off-terrain, four-wheel drive fun. This forty-one chapter book can be devoured in one or two sittings, or enjoyed piecemeal whenever one desperately craves a chuckle. Starting with a disclaimer page filled with warnings, Konstan's book attempts to tackle almost every contemporary controversial subject under the sun, including religion, crime, politics, 9/11 conspiracies, the medicinal purposes of alcohol and marijuana, and a compilation of list after endless list of everyday curiosities.
In these brief essays Konstan discusses divisive hot topics that most people would shy away from, but the author delves into these subjects with both feet then glides above the murky waters with his tongue-in-cheek approach to modern life. The author mentions that the writing of the book was prompted by his move to Arizona from the Midwest. Several of the chapters are dedicated to his adopted home state. They detail famous Arizonans and their birthplaces, tourist, and popular attraction sites, and moments in history all within the Grand Canyon state.
There are some clichés and borrowed lines from television and films sprinkled throughout the writing, but as a whole the book is quite enjoyable. Either read alone in a big, comfortable chair, or left out on a coffee table as a parlor book in order to spark conversation, Konstan's book is a delightful read that will amuse both the avid and casual reader.