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
By David RakoffA bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess from an award-winning humorist.
Whether David Rakoff's 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, Don t Get Too Comfortable shows that far from being bobos in paradise, we are in a special circle of gilded-age hell.
Book details
- Hardcover
- 222 pages
- English
- 0385510365
- 9780385510363
About David Rakoff
david rakoff (november 27, 1964 – august 9, 2012) was an essayist, journalist, and actor. originally from canada, rakoff was a graduate of columbia u Read More about David Rakoff
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