Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman - ISBN: 9781416544210
Paperback
Whether he‘s dissecting the boredom of voyeurism, the reason why music fans inevitably hate their favorite band’s latest album, or why we love watching can‘t-miss superstars fail spectacularly, Klosterman remains obsessed with the relationship between expectation, reality, and living history.

Eating the Dinosaur

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  • Paperback

    281 pages

  • Release Date

    11 November 2010

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Summary

Q: What is this book about?

A: Well, that‘s difficult to say. I haven’t read it yet—I‘ve just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isn’t a plot. I‘ve heard there’s a lot of stuff about time travel in this book, and quite a bit about violence and Garth Brooks and why Germans don‘t laugh when they’re inside grocery stores. Ralph Nader and Ralph Sampson play significant roles. I think there are several pages about "Rear Window "an…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781416544210
ISBN-10:1416544216
Author:Chuck Klosterman
Publisher:Scribner Book Company
Imprint:Scribner
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:281
Release Date:11 November 2010
Weight:380g
Dimensions:18mm x 142mm x 213mm
About The Author

Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, Fargo Rock City and Chuck Klosterman X) and two novels (Downtown Owl and The Visible Man). He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.

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