Mind blowing experience is mutual.
That guy is famous in Europe, they recently translated several of his books here, and after reading a few pages from one, and nearly pissing into my pants because I laughed so much, I had to buy them and do the pissing part at home.
I think that you'll appreciate the humor and irony, though I'm not sure how much you'll like his views about your home town and US in general. The science oriented one I'm sure you'll like.