Emmy-Award winning writer and comedian Josh Gondelman’s assortment of personal stories of most effective intentions and mixed results.

Josh Gondelman knows something or two about trying-and failing. The Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic-dubbed a “pathological sweetheart” by the brand new York Observer-is known throughout the industry as you of comedy’s accurate “nice guys.” And in addition, he’s endured his share of last-place surface finishes. But he will keep on bouncing back.

In this assortment of hilarious and poignant about Nice Try essays (including his acclaimed New York Occasions piece “Imagine if I Bombed at My Own Wedding?”), Josh celebrates a lifestyle of great intentions-and mixed results. His true stories of romantic calamities, professional misfortunes, and eventual triumphs strengthen the notion: we get out of the world what we should put into it. Whether he’s adopting a dog from a dubious stranger, mitigating a devastating street trip, or attempting MDMA for the first (in support of) time, Josh only desires the best for everyone-even as his tries to do the right thing occasionally implode.

Full of the warm and relatable humor that’s made him a favourite on the comedy club circuit, Great Try solidifies Josh Gondelman’s reputation as not really a great guy, but a skilled observer from the human condition.