Review: When you think tales can't be insanely hilarious, Try These!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2012
Oleg Medvedkov is funny, No, Oleg Medvedkov spins tales of uncovering the wildest forms of human behavior - that sound strangely plausible.  And that is one reason he is so hilarious - his insanities skip past us every day. Oleg just notices them for what they are. This is a book of short stories that have a solid arc of beginning to denouement to end but at times you hardly notice the form because of the uncontrollable laughter they incite.Take the Spy Letter - a string of looney occurrences that occur in the structure of the most sophisticated Intelligence agencies of the US and the KGB and Canadians. Impossible? Improbable? No, and that is why the wild story is so funny. Or try passing through his lists of how to be a trendsetter and see if you haven't stumbled on some of those giggles. Or read the spiky truths in his take on advertising `Wax Lyrical'. Or a moment on the rather insane shows such as Weekends with Chaka that make absolutely no sense, except to gullible people. Or one of this readers favorites `How to say, "I Love You" in Different Languages."Medvedkov invents such wildly weird ideas as the Maximum-Security for the Comically Insane - a place we discover in his `How NOT to be Ruthless: Excerpt forma Gratitude Journal' which trots through Osama Bin Laden, Petsmart, SWAT, Jeopardy, Xbox...just try to imagine how he weaves howls form that combination.  And then his crowning glory is the title story for the book re Unicorns and car theft, learning that preventative measures include not painting your car pink, remove the wheels from your car at night or while in Starbucks or a quick pause at the ATM machine, to why sleeping in your car will not deter unicorns for they wait until you go to check your Twitter account or feed your parrot to steal it anyway.Aside form the fact that Oleg Medvedkov is a good writer and understands parody and comedy and lunacy very well, he taps into all of the little clutter matters that mess up our day to day existence  - and we don't even notice until someone with Medvedkov's keen imagination makes it all seem so ridiculous! This is some of the best medicine you can buy.  Grady Harp, December 12