The Areas of My Expertise: An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order - Brossura

Hodgman, John

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ISBN 10: 1594482225 ISBN 13: 9781594482229

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2006

Riassunto

A humorous compendium of reference tables, trivia, and wisdom--largely invented by the author--lists the mottoes of the fifty-one states, identifies U.S. presidents with hooks for hands, describes the menu items in addition to eel at the first Thanksgiving, and more. Reprint.

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"Wonderfully absurd."
—The New York Times

"Hilarious . . . Nabokov's Pale Fire as directed by Wes Anderson."
—Time Out New York

"If Borges and Ben Franklin got drunk and decided to write a book together, the result might have been something a lot like this freaky 'almanac'."
—Tom Perrotta

"Even if you buy this book for the 700 hobo names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth."
—Dave Eggers

"A book of absurd tall tales, tables and charts spun from the warped brain of John Hodgman . . . Impressively eclectic."
—The Los Angeles Times

L'autore:

John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of three New York Times bestselling books—The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All. After an appearance to promote his books on The Daily Show, he was invited to return as a contributor, serving as the show’s "Resident Expert" and "Deranged Millionaire." This led to an unexpected and, frankly, implausible career before the camera. He has performed comedy for the president of the United States, at a TED conference, and in a crypt in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Finally, he is the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman podcast, in which he settles serious disputes between real people, such as "Is a hot dog a sandwich?" and "Should we tell our children the TRUTH about Santa Claus?" He also contributes a weekly column under the same name for The New York Times Magazine. He is currently working on a memoir, Vacationland, which will be published in October 2017.

John Hodgman lives in New York City, where he curates and hosts The Little Gray Book Lectures, a monthly colloquium of readings, songs, and dubious scholarship. He is a contributing writer atThe New York Times Magazine and a frequent voice on public radio s This American Life. Further fiction, nonfiction, and genres in between have appeared inThe Paris Review, McSweeney s, One-Story, and The Believer. He has performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as well as on the great stages of Chicago, Philadelphia, and London s Barbican.

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• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1594482225
• ISBN 13: 9781594482229
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256