Double Dealing 2

About the Book

All humor is composed of incongruity and surprise. It is verbal unexpectedness. You hear it or read it, it surprises you and muses. That is the intention of this book. The verbal incongruity creates the surprise. One gets a double deal in effect. In other words, we expect one thing but get another which is surprising and sometimes humorous. I published a previous book in 2006 entitled “Double Dealing”. This is a similar book: “Double Dealing II”. The first seven chapters contain different categories of verbal unexpectedness. The eighth chapter contains poetical musings.

About the Author

Born and raised in Gordon, Nebraska, Charles Closson graduated college at Indiana Wesleyan University with a degree in Literature and then taught high school English. He later graduated seminary at Asbury and pastored at United Methodist Churches in California. He earned his doctorates at Claremont and Newport in California. He practiced Marriage and Family Therapy in Anaheim, California. He was also the Behavioral Health Director for Universal Care. Dr. Closson currently practices psychotherapy at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning, California. He is married with two sons and two grandchildren.