{"product_id":"frequently-asked-questions-volume-1-rob-kovitz-9781927923184","title":"Frequently Asked Questions, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat am I going to say now? I'm going to ask myself, I'm going to ask \u003cstrong\u003equestions\u003c\/strong\u003e: that's a good stop-gap. (Not that I'm in any danger of stopping. Then why all this fuss?) That's right, \u003cstrong\u003equestions\u003c\/strong\u003e: I know millions, I must know millions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSamuel Beckett, The Unnamable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are so many people asking \u003cstrong\u003equestions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is the bloody blindman, and the angry one, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisheartened one, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the wretch, the thorn tree, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe bandit with envy on his back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePablo Neruda, Ode to Federic Garcia Lorca (Residence on Earth)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was \u003cstrong\u003equestioned\u003c\/strong\u003e several times immediately after my arrest. But they were all formal examinations, as to my identity and so forth. At the first of these, which took place at the police station, nobody seemed to have much interest in the case. However, when I was brought before the examining magistrate a week later, I noticed that he eyed me with distinct curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlbert Camus, The Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRob Kovitz's eagerly awaited supercut extravaganza, \u003c\/em\u003eFrequently Asked \u003cstrong\u003eQuestions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, is an epistemological-ontological-metaphysical-montage-appropriation-detective-spy-mystery-thriller-courtroom procedure caper, in which every text selection includes the word \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003equestion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, but much funnier than that sounds (though not any shorter). In two volumes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The \u003cstrong\u003equestion\u003c\/strong\u003e at stake,\" said Epictetus, \"is no common one; it is this: -Are we in our senses, or are we not?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEpictetus, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy lords, the judges find a difficulty to give a distinct answer to the \u003cstrong\u003equestion\u003c\/strong\u003e thus proposed by your lordships, either in the affirmative or the negative, inasmuch as we are not aware that there is in the courts below any established practice which we can state to your lordships as distinctly referring to such a \u003cstrong\u003equestion\u003c\/strong\u003e propounded by counsel on cross-examination as is here contained, that is ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eT. C. Hansard, Parliamentary Debates: Official Report of the Session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, June 27-September 7, 1820\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reason why I knew you had not read it is the reason why I call it \"my\" book. For the last ten or twelve years I have been recommending it. Usually I speak about it at my first meeting with a stranger. It is my opening remark, just as yours is something futile about the weather. If I don't get it in at the beginning, I squeeze it in at the end. The stranger has got to have it some time. Should I ever find myself in the dock, and one never knows, my answer to the question whether I had anything to say would be, \"Well, my lord, if I might just recommend a book to the jury before leaving.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA. A. Milne, Not That It Matters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTreyf Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKeep Refrigerated\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Kovitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927923182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927923184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Treyf Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.82d","brand":"Rob Kovitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873989144831,"sku":"9781927923184","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frequently-asked-questions-volume-1-rob-kovitz-9781927923184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}