After a bestselling and acclaimed diversion into fiction, Chuck Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, returns to the form in which heâ€™s been spectacularly successful with

Eating the Dinosaur

After a bestselling and acclaimed diversion into fiction, Chuck Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, returns to the form in which heâ€™s been spectacularly successful with a collection of essays about our consumption of pop culture and sports.

Q: What is this book about?

A: Well, thatâ€™s difficult to say. I havenâ€™t read it yetâ€”Iâ€™ve just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isnâ€™t a plot. Iâ€™ve heard thereâ€™s a lot of stuff about time travel in this book, and quite a bit about violence and Garth Brooks and why Germans donâ€™t laugh when theyâ€™re inside grocery stores. Ralph Nader and Ralph Sampson play significant roles. I think there are several pages about Rear Window and college football and Mad Men and why Rivers Cuomo prefers having sex with Asian women. Supposedly thereâ€™s a chapter outlining all the things the Unabomber was right about, but perhaps Iâ€™m misinformed.

Q: Is there a larger theme?

A: Oh, something about reality. â€œWhat is reality,â€ maybe? No, thatâ€™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.

Q: Should I read this book?

A: Probably. Do you see a clear relationship between the Branch Davidian disaster and the recording of Nirvanaâ€™s In Utero? Does Barack Obama make you want to drink Pepsi? Does ABBA remind you of AC/DC? If so, you probably donâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand Scribner
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new18-20150727-b046859
ReleaseDate 2010-07-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781416544210

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	new18-20150727-b046859
ReleaseDate	2010-07-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781416544210

Eating the Dinosaur

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