On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (and Always Have) in the Future Tense
How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense
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- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2005
Summary
Americans in their natural habitat: guys shopping for barbecue grills, doing that special walk men do when in the presence of lumber; superefficient soccer Ubermoms who chair school auctions, organize PTAs, and weigh less than their kids; and suburban chain restaurants, which if they merged would be called Chili’s Olive Garden Hard Rock Outback Cantina. Are we as shallow as we look? Many around the world see us as the great bimbos. Sure, Americans work hard and are energetic, but that is beca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743227391 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743227395 |
| Author: | David Brooks |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 141mm x 215mm |
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Critics Review
“Delectable….Brooks’ style is so easygoing and his observations so wicked and astute that you won’t be able to stop reading. Or laughing.”–Entertainment Weekly
“Brooks is a clever and insightful inspector of the American scene….His earlier book, Bobos in Paradise, was a well-deserved bestseller. On Paradise Drive is just as funny and perceptive.” – The Wall Street Journal “Delectable….Brooks’ style is so easygoing and his observations so wicked and astute that you won’t be able to stop reading. Or laughing.” – Entertainment Weekly “A worthy sequel to Bobos….Brooks is a master satirist.” – The New York Observer “Brooks makes meaning…out of a seemingly unrelated but vastly entertaining assemblage of images of American life.” – The New York Times
About The Author
David Brooks
David Brooks is a senior editor at THE WEEKLY STANDARD and a contributing editor at NEWSWEEK. Formerly a reporter and editor at THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, he’s had articles in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST and other publications.
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