Father Knows Less or "Can I Cook My Sister?": One Dad's Quest to Answer His Son's Most Baffling Questions

This delightful book chronicles a New York Times editor's real-life adventure to answer the wonderfully peculiar questions posed by his young son, Dean. From 'What's it feel like to get stabbed?' to 'Does Mona Lisa wear shoes?', the dad seeks out a wide array of experts, including movie directors, ship captains, and even Yoko Ono, to find the most accurate and entertaining answers. What begins as a journalistic lark evolves into a heartwarming exploration of childlike curiosity, the joy of discovery, and the special connection between a parent and child. It's a humorous and insightful read that celebrates the inquisitive spirit in us all.

How a New York Times editor set out to answer the peculiarly marvelous questions of his precocious young son-and wound up on an unexpected journey of his own.Wendell Jamieson's son, Dean, has always had a penchant for . . . odd questions. "Dad," he asked, apropos of nothing, "what would hurt more-getting run over by a car, or getting stung by a jellyfish?" "Dad, why do policemen like donuts?" "What's it feel like to get stabbed?" "Does Mona Lisa wear shoes?" "Can I cook my sister?"Because "Dad" was a newspaperman, he decided to seek out answers-and got swept up in the hunt. He spoke to movie directors and ship captains and brain surgeons and stabbing victims and lottery winners and museum curators and politicians and judges and compulsive shoppers and mothers-in-law and magicians-even Yoko Ono and a dominatrix.But what began as a lark quickly grew into something larger. Blending a charming father-son journey with the surprising, sometimes hilarious questions and answers it spawned, Father Knows Less offers a heartwarming exploration of that childlike curiosity that lives within us all.