Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid

Leary, Denis

ISBN 10: 0452295645 / ISBN 13: 9780452295643

Published by Plume, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid
• Publisher: Plume
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452295645
• ISBN 13: 9780452295643
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The New York Times bestseller

One of America’s most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary takes on all the poseurs, politicians, and pop culture icons who have sucked in public for far too long. Sparing no one, Leary zeroes in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it―his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics―with the same bright, savage, and profane insight he brought to his critically acclaimed one-man shows No Cure for CancerLock ’n Load.

Proudly Irish-American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are both penetrating social commentary with no holds barred and laugh-out-loud funny. As always, Leary’s impassioned comic perspective in Why We Suck is right on target.

Leary is the star and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated television show Rescue Me. 

 

About the Author

Denis Leary has appeared in more than thirty films, including the Oscar-nominated Wag the Dog, The Thomas Crowne Affair, and Ice Age, as well as the Christmas cult classic The Ref, and such indie favorites as Jesus’ Son and Suicide Kings. Leary was the co-creator, producer, and star of the critically acclaimed network comedy The Job. His one-man shows No Cure For Cancer and Lock ’n Load broke viewing records on HBO. Leary has also written for New York Magazine, GQ, Playboy, Esquire, and many other publications. He is the co-writer, creator, and star of the four-time Emmy and Golden Globe–nominated television series Rescue Me. He lives in Connecticut.