{"product_id":"dont-get-too-comfortable-the-indignities-of-coach-class-the-torments-of-low-thread-count-the-never-ending-quest-for-artisanal-olive-oil-and-othe-paperback","title":"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 Othe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Rakoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess from an award-winning humorist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether David Rakoff is contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good-times-and-chicken-wings populism of Hooters Air; working as a cabana boy at a South Beach hotel; or traveling to a private island off the coast of Belize to watch a soft-core video shoot--where he is provided with his very own personal manservant--rarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly skewered. Somewhere along the line, our healthy self-regard has exploded into obliterating narcissism; our manic getting and spending have now become celebrated as moral virtues. Simultaneously a Wildean satire and a plea for a little human decency, \u003ci\u003e Don't Get Too Comfortable\u003c\/i\u003e shows that far from being bobos in paradise, we're in a special circle of gilded-age hell.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems \u003cbr\u003eDavid Rakoff's collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud, established him as one of our 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. \u003cbr\u003eWhether 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 rarified universe of Paris fashion shows where an evening dress can cost as much as four years of college, or traveling 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. \u003cbr\u003eSomewhere along the line, our healthy self-regard has exploded into obliterating narcissism, and Rakoff is there to map that frontier. He sits through the grotesqueries of \"avant garde\" vaudeville in Times Square immediately following 9\/11. Twenty days without food allows him to experience firsthand the wonders of \"detoxification,\" and the frozen world of cryonics, whose promise of eternal life is the ultimate status symbol, leaves him very cold indeed (much to our good fortune). \u003cbr\u003eAt once a Wildean satire of our ridiculous culture of overconsumption and a plea for a little human decency, Don't Get Too Comfortable is a bitingly funnygrand tour of our special circle of gilded-age hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rakoff\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers: the essay collections \u003ci\u003eFraud\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon't Get Too Comfortable\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHalf Empty, \u003c\/i\u003e and the novel in verse \u003ci\u003eLove, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish\u003c\/i\u003e. A two-time recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, he was a regular contributor to Public Radio International's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life.\u003c\/i\u003e His writing frequently appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. An accomplished stage and screen actor, playwright, and screenwriter, he adapted the screenplay for and starred in Joachim Back's film \u003ci\u003eThe New Tenants\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. He died in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984074408237,"sku":"9780767916035","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MllxZ2hCQ0JFWVA3ZnVaek8yVnBHZz09.webp?v=1776081768","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/dont-get-too-comfortable-the-indignities-of-coach-class-the-torments-of-low-thread-count-the-never-ending-quest-for-artisanal-olive-oil-and-othe-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}