{"product_id":"eating-the-dinosaur-chuck-klosterman-9781416544210","title":"Eating the Dinosaur","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQ: What is this book about?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQ: Is there a larger theme?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQ: Should I read this book?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Klosterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416544216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416544210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Chuck Klosterman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043331993855,"sku":"9781416544210","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_892983dc-225f-470e-87ce-9dafb97f90f7.jpg?v=1684966545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eating-the-dinosaur-chuck-klosterman-9781416544210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}