Don't get too comfortable
(Book)
In these essays, social satirist Rakoff journeys into the land of unchecked plenty that is contemporary America, skewering overconsumption, greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity. 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 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--Rakoff takes us on a grand tour of our culture of excess, and comes away from his explorations hilariously horrified.--From publisher description.
Rakoff, D. (2005). Don't get too comfortable. First paperback edition New York, Broadway/Anchor.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Rakoff, David. 2005. Don't Get Too Comfortable. New York, Broadway/Anchor.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Rakoff, David, Don't Get Too Comfortable. New York, Broadway/Anchor, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Rakoff, David. Don't Get Too Comfortable. First paperback edition New York, Broadway/Anchor, 2005.
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