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Eating the Dinosaur
Chuck Klosterman
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Description for Eating the Dinosaur
Paperback. Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman returns with his fascinating and often hilarious musings on pop culture and sport Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
This collection is an exploration of pop culture and sports that takes a Klostermaniacal look at expectations, reality, media, and fans. Some of Chuck's questions are these: Why does a given band's most ardent fans always hate that band's most recent album? What makes the game of football appear outwardly conservative while it is inwardly radical? Why is pop culture obsessed with time travel? What do Kurt Cobain and David Koresh have in common? Why do artists, athletes, celebrities, and just about everyone else respond when interviewed, even when they should keep their mouths shut? What makes voyeurism so interesting, ... Read more
This collection is an exploration of pop culture and sports that takes a Klostermaniacal look at expectations, reality, media, and fans. Some of Chuck's questions are these: Why does a given band's most ardent fans always hate that band's most recent album? What makes the game of football appear outwardly conservative while it is inwardly radical? Why is pop culture obsessed with time travel? What do Kurt Cobain and David Koresh have in common? Why do artists, athletes, celebrities, and just about everyone else respond when interviewed, even when they should keep their mouths shut? What makes voyeurism so interesting, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scribner
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781416544210
SKU
V9781416544210
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including The Nineties, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, and But What If We're Wrong?) and fiction (Downtown Owl, The Visible Man, and Raised in Captivity). He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three ... Read more
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