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Fraud
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2002; US$ 15.00A frequent contributor to the New York Times magazine, Outside , Salon , and GQ , and a regular on Public Radio International's "This American Life,"David Rakoff's debut collection of essays is simultaneously laugh-out-loud funny and take-your-breath-away poignant. David Rakoff is a fish out of water. Whether he finds himself on assignment climbing... more...
Don't Get Too Comfortable
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2005; US$ 15.00David Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess. Whether he 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... more...
Half Empty
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 14.95The inimitably witty David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of Don?t Get Too Comfortable , defends the commonsensical notion that you should always assume the worst, because you?ll never be disappointed. In this deeply funny (and, no kidding, wise and poignant) book, Rakoff examines the realities of our sunny, gosh everyone-can-be-a-star... more...
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 26.95From the incomparable David Rakoff, a poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse whose scope spans the twentieth century Through his books and his radio essays for NPR's This American Life , David Rakoff has built a deserved reputation as one of the finest and funniest essayists of our time. Written with humor, sympathy, and tenderness,... more...
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die; Cherish, Perish
Doubleday Canada 2013; US$ 32.00From the incomparable David Rakoff, a poignant, beautiful, witty and wise novel in verse whose scope spans the 20th Century. David Rakoff, who died earlier this year, built a deserved reputation as one of the finest and funniest essayists at work today. Written with humour, sympathy and tenderness, this intricately woven novel proves him to be the... more...
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