{"product_id":"subculture-vulture-moshe-kasher-9780593231371","title":"Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A \"hilarious\" (Dax Shepard), \"surprisingly emotional trip\" (The Chainsmokers) through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the writer and comedian Moshe Kasher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part history lesson, part standup set and, often, part love letter . . . Kasher's ability to blend humor with homework works almost too well.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter bottoming out, being institutionalized, and getting sober all by the tender age of fifteen, Moshe Kasher found himself asking: \"What's next?\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eOver the ensuing decades, he discovered the answer: a lot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere was his time as a boy-king of Alcoholics Anonymous, a kind of pubescent proselytizer for other teens getting and staying sober. He was a rave promoter turned DJ turned sober ecstasy dealer in San Francisco's techno warehouse party scene of the 1990s. For fifteen years he worked as a psychedelic security guard at Burning Man, fishing hippies out of hidden chambers they'd constructed to try to sneak into the event. As a child of deaf parents, Kasher became deeply immersed in deaf culture and sign language interpretation, translating everything from end-of-life care to horny deaf clients' attempts to hire sex workers. He reconnects and tries to make peace with his ultra-Hasidic Jewish upbringing after the death of his father before finally settling into the comedy scene where he now makes his living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of these scenes gets a gonzo historiographical rundown before Kasher enters the narrative and tells the story of the lives he has spent careening from one to the next.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eA razor-sharp, gut-wrenchingly funny, and surprisingly moving tour of some of the most wildly distinct subcultures a person can experience, \u003ci\u003eSubculture Vulture \u003c\/i\u003edeftly weaves together memoir and propulsive cultural history. It's a story of finding your people, over and over again, in different settings, and of knowing without a doubt that wherever you are is where you're supposed to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moshe Kasher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593231376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593231371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.41w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 17","brand":"Moshe Kasher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45476982391039,"sku":"9780593231371","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_275a64d3-7220-4b2c-9a9e-887b134fdee0.jpg?v=1715918723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/subculture-vulture-moshe-kasher-9780593231371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}