Fraud: Essays -- David Rakoff

From <i>This American Life</i> alum David Rakoff comes a hilarious collection that single-handedly raises self-deprecation to an art form. Whether impersonating Sigmund Freud in a department store window during the holidays, climbing an icy mountain in cheap loafers, or learning primitive survival skills in the wilds of New Jersey, Rakoff clearly demonstrates how he doesn't belong-nor does he try to. <p/>In his debut collection of essays, Rakoff uses his razor-sharp wit and snarky humor to deliver a barrage of damaging blows that, more often than not, land squarely on his own jaw-hilariously satirizing the writer, not the subject. Joining the wry and the heartfelt, <i>Fraud</i> offers an object lesson in not taking life, or ourselves, too seriously.<br><br><b>Author:</b> David Rakoff<br><b>Publisher:</b> Anchor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 04/23/2002<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.41lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.55d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780767906319<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Booksense '76 Sep/Oct 2002</i> 09/01/2002 pg. 1<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>David Rakoff</b> is the author of four <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers: the essay collections <i>Fraud</i>, <i>Don't Get Too Comfortable</i>, and <i>Half Empty, </i> and the novel in verse <i>Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish</i>. A two-time recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, he was a regular