- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Dusty Spine Rare Books, Longmont, CO, U.S.A.Dusty Spine Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since February 26, 2016
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 23.34
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Stated "First Edition", first printing as indicated by the number line on copyright page. Book is in Near Fine condition. Bright green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering, a tight, solid spine and clean, unmarked pages. Slight moisture damage to lower outer edge of pages 51-56 is the only imperfection to an otherwise fine book. Dust jacket in Near Fine condition. Very slight rubbing/ink chipping at corner edges but no tears or edge chipping. Cover otherwise bright and clean and in protective mylar wrap. All books carefully packaged for safe shipping. See photos.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1691531934301
- Title
- Half Empty
- Author
- David Rakoff
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385525249
- ISBN 13
- 9780385525244
- Edition
- 1st Edition
In this deeply funny (and, no kidding, wise and poignant) book, Rakoff examines the realities of our sunny, gosh everyone-can-be-a-star contemporary culture and finds that, pretty much as a universal rule, the best is not yet to come, adversity will triumph, justice will not be served, and your dreams wont come true.
The book ranges from the personal to the universal, combining stories from Rakoffs reporting and accounts of his own experiences: the moment when being a tiny child no longer meant adults found him charming but instead meant other children found him a fun target; the perfect late evening in Manhattan when he was young and the city seemed to brim with such possibility that the street shimmered in the moonlightas he drew closer he realized the streets actually flickered with rats in a feeding frenzy. He also weaves in his usual brand Oscar Wildeworthy cultural criticism (the tragedy of Hollywoods Walk of Fame, for instance).
Whether hes lacerating the musical Rent for its cutesy depiction of AIDS or dealing with personal tragedy, his sharp observations and humorists flair for the absurd will have you positively reveling in the power of negativity.
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About the Author
DAVID RAKOFF is the author of the New York Times bestselling Dont Get Too Comfortable and Fraud. He is a writer at large for GQ, regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, and frequent guest on This American Life.
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Dusty Spine Rare Books
Longmont, CO, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since February 26, 2016
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