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(Not That You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions
Contributor(s): Almond, Steve (Author)

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 ISBN: 0812977599     ISBN-13: 9780812977592
Publisher: Random House Group
OUR PRICE: $19.00  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2008
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Annotation: From the iconoclastic author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Candyfreak" comes this collection of essays that explores the truly urgent moral dilemmas of our age, such as the consumption of ham for Chanukah.
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BISAC Categories:
- Humor | Form - Essays
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.19" W x 8.07" L (0.50 lbs) 304 pages
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
In (Not that You Asked), Steve Almond documents a life spent brawling with the idiot kings of modern culture. He squares off against Sean Hannity on national TV, takes on Oprah Winfrey, nearly gets kidnapped by a reality TV crew, and winds up in Boston, where he quickly enrages the entire population of Red Sox Nation. Amid the carnage, he finds time to celebrate his literary hero, the late Kurt Vonnegut. These are essays the Los Angeles Times has called "rich, fearless and] cutting."

Praise for (Not that You Asked)

"Refreshingly irreverent . . . absurdly funny."
-The Boston Globe

" Almond] scores big in every chapter of this must-have collection. Biting humor, honesty, smarts and heart: Vonnegut himself would have been proud."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Taunting, revealing, irreverent, and earnest."
-The New York Times

"Steve Almond has created a distinctive voice and literary persona. Pleasure-obsessed, self-deprecating, horny, hilarious and always dedicated to parsing the messy terrain of the human heart."
-Forward.com
 
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