Balsamic Dreams: A Short but Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation - Hardcover

Queenan, Joe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805067205 ISBN 13: 9780805067200

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2001

Synopsis

In a humorous and trenchant work of social commentary, the author Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon confronts the "Baby Boomer" generation, pointing out their most annoying and egocentric behaviors while also deconstructing their history. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

" 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." -- "The Washington Post"
" A witty tirade." -- "The New York Times"
" Full of rollicking and hilarious prose, and with this book Queenan performs a public service: He tells boomers to get over themselves." -- "USA Today"
" Lunch-pail Voltaire for our times." -- "San Francisco Chronicle"
" Often clever and rarely wrong....A finely, funny screed." -- "The Wall Street Journal"
" A sardonic, often laugh-out-loud puncturing of Baby Boomer pretensions." -- "Kirkus Reviews "(starred review)
" Queenan...dissects these ephemeral creatures asdelicately as an entomologist examining the innerworkings of a mayfly. He lays bare their failings, foibles, fatuities, flaws, and fads with a keen and unsentimental knife. The pages bristle with caustic wit and deadlyparody....A fully diverting diversion." -- "Library Journal"
" A hilarious, quasi-maniacal extended rant against baby boomers....He pulls no punches." -- "Salon.com"
“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.” —"The Washington Post"
“A witty tirade.” —"The New York Times"
“Full of rollicking and hilarious prose, and with this book Queenan performs a public service: He tells boomers to get over themselves.” —"USA Today"
“Lunch-pail Voltaire for our times.” —"San Francisco Chronicle"
“Often clever and rarely wrong....A finely, funny screed.” —"The Wall Street Journal"
“A sardonic, often laugh-out-loud puncturing of Baby Boomer pretensions.” —"Kirkus Reviews "(starred review)
“Queenan...dissects these ephemeral creatures asdelicately as an entomologist examining the innerworkings of a mayfly. He lays bare their f

"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." --"The Washington Post"

"A witty tirade." --"The New York Times"

"Full of rollicking and hilarious prose, and with this book Queenan performs a public service: He tells boomers to get over themselves." --"USA Today"

"Lunch-pail Voltaire for our times." --"San Francisco Chronicle"

"Often clever and rarely wrong....A finely, funny screed." --"The Wall Street Journal"

"A sardonic, often laugh-out-loud puncturing of Baby Boomer pretensions." --"Kirkus Reviews "(starred review)

"Queenan...dissects these ephemeral creatures asdelicately as an entomologist examining the innerworkings of a mayfly. He lays bare their failings, foibles, fatuities, flaws, and fads with a keen and unsentimental knife. The pages bristle with caustic wit and deadlyparody....A fully diverting diversion." --"Library Journal"

"A hilarious, quasi-maniacal extended rant against baby boomers....He pulls no punches." --"Salon.com"

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. "The Washington Post"

A witty tirade. "The New York Times"

Full of rollicking and hilarious prose, and with this book Queenan performs a public service: He tells boomers to get over themselves. "USA Today"

Lunch-pail Voltaire for our times. "San Francisco Chronicle"

Often clever and rarely wrong....A finely, funny screed. "The Wall Street Journal"

A sardonic, often laugh-out-loud puncturing of Baby Boomer pretensions. "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"

Queenan...dissects these ephemeral creatures asdelicately as an entomologist examining the innerworkings of a mayfly. He lays bare their failings, foibles, fatuities, flaws, and fads with a keen and unsentimental knife. The pages bristle with caustic wit and deadlyparody....A fully diverting diversion. "Library Journal"

A hilarious, quasi-maniacal extended rant against baby boomers....He pulls no punches. "Salon.com""

"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." --The Washington Post

"A witty tirade." --The New York Times

"Full of rollicking and hilarious prose, and with this book Queenan performs a public service: He tells boomers to get over themselves." --USA Today

"Lunch-pail Voltaire for our times." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Often clever and rarely wrong....A finely, funny screed." --The Wall Street Journal

"A sardonic, often laugh-out-loud puncturing of Baby Boomer pretensions." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Queenan...dissects these ephemeral creatures asdelicately as an entomologist examining the innerworkings of a mayfly. He lays bare their failings, foibles, fatuities, flaws, and fads with a keen and unsentimental knife. The pages bristle with caustic wit and deadlyparody....A fully diverting diversion." --Library Journal

"A hilarious, quasi-maniacal extended rant against baby boomers....He pulls no punches." --Salon.com

About the Author:

Joe Queenan is a contributing editor at GQ and writes the column "Good Fences" for The New York Times. The Author of Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon, he lives in Tarrytown, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0805067205
• ISBN 13: 9780805067200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211