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Essays
Published on 21. September 2010
224 pages
978-0-385-53369-0 (ISBN)
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In this deeply smart and sneakily poignant collection of essays, the bestselling author of Fraud and Don't Get Too Comfortable makes an inspired case for always assuming the worst-because then you'll never be disappointed.
Whether he's taking on pop culture phenomena with Oscar Wilde-worthy wit or dealing with personal tragedy, Rakoff's sharp observations and humorist's flair for the absurd will have you positively reveling in the untapped power of negativity.
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DAVID RAKOFF is the author of the New York Times bestselling Don't Get Too Comfortable and Fraud. He is a writer at large for GQ, regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, and frequent guest on This American Life.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Bleak Shall Inherit
- Shrimp
- Isn't It Romantic?
- The Satisfying Crunch of Dreams Underfoot
- Dark Meat
- On Juicy
- A Capacity for Wonder
- I Feel Dirty
- All the Time We Have
- Another Shoe
- Excerpt from Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
