{"product_id":"9781416544210","title":"Eating the Dinosaur","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKlosterman, Chuck\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eScribner\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/6\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter a bestselling and acclaimed diversion into fiction, Chuck Klosterman, author of \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs\u003c\/i\u003e, returns to the form in which he’s been spectacularly successful with a collection of essays about our consumption of pop culture and sports.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQ: What is this book about?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA: 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 \u003ci\u003eRear Window \u003c\/i\u003eand college football and \u003ci\u003eMad Men \u003c\/i\u003eand why Rivers Cuomo prefers having sex with Asian women. Supposedly there’s a chapter outlining all the things the Unabomber was right about, but perhaps I’m misinformed. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eQ: Is there a larger theme?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA: Oh, something about reality. “What is reality,” maybe? No, that’s not it. Not exactly. I get the sense that most of the core questions dwell on the way media perception constructs a fake reality that ends up becoming more meaningful than whatever actually happened. Also, Lady Gaga. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eQ: Should I read this book?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA: Probably. Do you see a clear relationship between the Branch Davidian disaster and the recording of Nirvana’s \u003ci\u003eIn Utero\u003c\/i\u003e? Does Barack Obama make you want to drink Pepsi? Does ABBA remind you of AC\/DC? If so, you probably don’t need to read this book. You probably wrote this book. But I suspect everybody else will totally love it, except for the ones who totally hate it.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42766229471487,"sku":"9781416544210","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_ab0015a0-305a-4cc8-b116-2abbb01921a9.jpg?v=1765301668","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781416544210","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}