I Have Fun Everywhere I Go Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World |
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| Edison, Mike |
| ISBN: | 978-0-86547-903-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2009 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00 |
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"If your book's subtitle isSavage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World, you have a lot to live up to--and somehow Mike Edison does . . . Edison seems to have nine lives and enjoys every moment of each of them to the fullest . . . His journey takes him around the world, but he always returns to magazine writing, and his insider scoop on these bizarre workplaces is...
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"If your book's subtitle isSavage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World, you have a lot to live up to--and somehow Mike Edison does . . . Edison seems to have nine lives and enjoys every moment of each of them to the fullest . . . His journey takes him around the world, but he always returns to magazine writing, and his insider scoop on these bizarre workplaces is what, finally, makes this memoir truly memorable." --Penthouse
"Cooler than Toby Young and more credible than James Frey."--Bookforum
"Will have you alternately envying Edison and being glad you've avoided such encounters." --New York Daily News
"Gloriously told . . . Surprisingly intelligent." --SF Weekly
"[Edison's] an engaging, sardonic guide to some of magazinedom's more disreputable territories." --Entertainment Weekly
"Brash, irreverent, funny as hell and beautifully written."--PopMatters