SILVER SCREEN FIEND (Patton Oswalt) - January 4/15

A huge improvement over Oswalt's last book, Silver Screen Fiend is nevertheless stymied by Oswalt's penchant for literary prose. He's probably *not* trying too hard, but that's still how it reads. I enjoyed the book anyway, given that it focuses on Oswat's OCD-like obsession with movies and also the nascent period of his standup and acting careers. The last bit, involving a fake series of double bills, is a waste of time. *** out of ****