Don't Get Too Comfortable The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems |
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| Author:
| Rakoff, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-921372-21-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.95 |
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David Rakoff's collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud, established him as one of America's funniest, most insightful writers. In
Don't Get Too Comfortable, Rakoff journeys into the land of plenty that is contemporary North America. Rarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly and wittily portrayed.
Whether contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good times and chicken wings of Hooters Air,...
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David Rakoff's collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud, established him as one of America's funniest, most insightful writers. In
Don't Get Too Comfortable, Rakoff journeys into the land of plenty that is contemporary North America. Rarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly and wittily portrayed.
Whether contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good times and chicken wings of Hooters Air, portraying the rarefied universe of Paris fashion shows where an evening dress can cost as much as four years of college, or travelling to a private island off the coast of Belize to watch a soft-core Playboy TV shoot, where he is provided with his very own personal manservant, David Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess, delving into the manic getting and spending that defines the North American way of life.