Balsamic Dreams by Joe Queenan
How did a generation that started out at Woodstock and Monterey end up at Crate & 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? And what is so fascinating about porcini mushrooms? From the bestselling author of Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon and Queenan Country comes a vintage Queenan tirade chronicling the evolution of his own Baby Boomer generation.
‘A hilarious and trenchantly accusatory dismissal of a generation’s underachievement, self-importance and refusal to grow up’ Metro Life
‘This book reads like an extended stand-up routine’ Mail on Sunday
‘Really funny . . . Again and again Queenan neatly dices and skewers the pretensions, hypocrisies, and fashion mistakes of the generation that came of age during the 1960s . . . Balsamic Dreams is, as we Boomers would say, just about as good as it gets’ Washington Post
‘A witty tirade’ New York Times
‘Full of rollicking and hilarious prose . . . With this book Queenan performs a public service; he tells boomers to get over themselves.’ USA Today
‘This book reads like an extended stand-up routine’ Mail on Sunday
‘Really funny . . . Again and again Queenan neatly dices and skewers the pretensions, hypocrisies, and fashion mistakes of the generation that came of age during the 1960s . . . Balsamic Dreams is, as we Boomers would say, just about as good as it gets’ Washington Post
‘A witty tirade’ New York Times
‘Full of rollicking and hilarious prose . . . With this book Queenan performs a public service; he tells boomers to get over themselves.’ USA Today
The bestselling author of America and Queenan Country, Joe Queenan is a contributing writer at Men's Health and writes regularly for the New York Times, Forbes and Smart Money. His movie criticism appears every month in the Guardian Weekend section; he has appeared on Nightly Review, Newsnight and Front Row; he has written and starred in three short satirical programs on Channel 4; and can regularly be heard on BBC Radio 4. Mr Queenan lives in Tarrytown, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447218937 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447218930 |
| Title | Balsamic Dreams |
| Author | Joe Queenan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2012-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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