Description: Don't Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Rakoff takes readers on a bitingly funny grand tour of the culture of excess. He shows that far from being bobos in paradise, mankind is in a special circle of gilded-age hell. Publisher Description A bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess from an award-winning humorist.Whether 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, Dont Get Too Comfortable shows that far from being bobos in paradise, were in a special circle of gilded-age hell. Author Biography David Rakoff is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: the essay collections Fraud, Dont Get Too Comfortable, and Half Empty, and the novel in verse Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish. 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 Internationals This American Life. His writing frequently appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Wired, Salon, GQ, Outside, Gourmet, Vogue, and Slate, among other publications. An accomplished stage and screen actor, playwright, and screenwriter, he adapted the screenplay for and starred in Joachim Backs film The New Tenants, which won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. He died in 2012. Details ISBN 0767916034 ISBN-13 9780767916035 Title Don't Get Too Comfortable Author David Rakoff Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 240 Publisher Random House USA Inc GE_Item_ID:44761316; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book 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 Other First World Problems
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2006
Topic: Personal Memoirs, General, Essays, Form / Essays
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Humor, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 7.2 Oz
Author: David Rakoff
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
