"As unsettling as I found the material to be, the book was well written and well-paced."














That's an actual quote from an actual literary review.

I'll go out on a limb and call it one of the most influential literary contributions of our generation!

That's a bit of a stretch since I haven't read it yet.

Here are a couple of quotes from Amazon reviews:

"... this is a very dangerous book. It sucks in people who like a challenge."

"... shows that growers have lives outside of pumpkin growing as well."

"Bill Clinton understands the challenges {apparently an expert on giant Arkansas watermelons): "If you give it too much water and the skin breaks, you're eliminated. And if you give it too little, somebody else beats you because they've got a bigger melon or a bigger pumpkin. So like at the end, under very tense circumstances, there are these constant judgment calls. It's kind of like being President."

"I didn't linger over Backyard Giants. I devoured it."