A close-up look at what Americans do on Saturday nights draws on travels throughout the country to describe classic weekend situations, types of people, places and communities, entertainment patterns, and other topics
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"I can't think of a better way to spend Saturday night than staying home and reading this book." --Entertainment Weekly
"Orlean's high spirits and intelligence give her book the feeling of a good Saturday-night conversation. Her chapters are like beginnings of suspenseful novels." --USA Today
"An unusual and entertaining cultural profile . . . with the drollness of her prose, the sharpness of her ear and eye, and her breadth of curiosity . . . Enlightening." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
"Delightful . . . Entertaining and interesting . . . A pleasant reminder of how we are at once united by certain of our national customs yet divided by the individual or tribal ways in which we celebrate them." --Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
"Orlean, a quirky curator of modern cultural behavior . . . has documented those few hours so near and dear to every working-weeker. . . . A slide show shot in vivid Americana." --Matthew Gilbert, The Boston Globe
"Amusing and informative . . . Orlean has a nearly unerring ear and eye for the pithy and the illuminating." --David Finkle, Chicago Tribune
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How is Saturday night different now than in the past? Susan Orlean traveled the country to find out. She gives an eye-opening view of unusual pastimes and passions as Saturday night becomes a metaphor for the vitality of the American spirit.
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