{"product_id":"balsamic-dreams-book-joe-queenan-9780330491570","title":"Balsamic Dreams","description":"How did a generation that started out at Woodstock and Monterey Pop Concert end up at Crate \u0026amp; Barrel? How did a generation that promised to 'teach its children well' end up with progeny so evil they could give that kid from The Omen a run for his money? This is vintage Queenan tirade chronicling the evolution of his own Baby Boomer generation. In this hilarious work of social commentary, professional iconoclast Queenan shows how a generation with so much promise lost its way by confusing pop culture with culture and mistaking lifestyle for life.   `Queenan skewers the vanity of the unexamined mind every time … [his] targets may be American, but he hits them with all the alluringly familiar accuracy and rage of Kingsley Amis or Auberon Waugh. Oh for more like them – and him.’ Sunday Telegraph, Seven   'A hilarious and trenchantly accusatory dismissal of a generation's underachievement, self-importance and refusal to grow up.' Metro Life   'Balsamic Dreams makes for a diverting and often amusing read' Ireland on Sunday   'This book reads like an extended stand-up routine' Mail on Sunday","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49583127757073,"sku":"GOR003919064","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0330491571.jpg?v=1766052090","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/balsamic-dreams-book-joe-queenan-9780330491570","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}