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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A collection of essays provides a glimpse of the pervasive greed, selfishness, vapidity, and vanity of contemporary America's culture of excess.
"David Rakoff's bestselling collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud, established him as one of today's funniest and most insightful writers. Now, in Don't Get Too Comfortable, Rakoff moves from the personal to the public, journeying into the land of unchecked plenty that is contemporary America. Rarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly and wittily 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. Whether contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good-times-and-chicken-wings of Hooters Air, 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, Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess. He comes away from his explorations hilariouosly horrified. At once a Wildean satire of our ridiculous culture of overconsumption and a plea for a little human decency, Don't Get Too Comfortable shows that far from being bobos in paradise, we're in a special circle of gilded-age hell" -- container.
Essays on overconsumption in the current culture of excess.
Notes
Rakoff, D. (2005). 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]. Unabridged selections. New York, Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Rakoff, David. 2005. 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]. New York, Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Rakoff, David, 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]. New York, Random House Audio, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Rakoff, David. 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]. Unabridged selections. New York, Random House Audio, 2005.
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| 520 | |a A collection of essays provides a glimpse of the pervasive greed, selfishness, vapidity, and vanity of contemporary America's culture of excess. | ||
| 520 | |a "David Rakoff's bestselling collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud, established him as one of today's funniest and most insightful writers. Now, in Don't Get Too Comfortable, Rakoff moves from the personal to the public, journeying into the land of unchecked plenty that is contemporary America. Rarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly and wittily 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. Whether contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good-times-and-chicken-wings of Hooters Air, 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, Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess. He comes away from his explorations hilariouosly horrified. At once a Wildean satire of our ridiculous culture of overconsumption and a plea for a little human decency, Don't Get Too Comfortable shows that far from being bobos in paradise, we're in a special circle of gilded-age hell" -- container. | ||
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