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Viking USA
November 2008
On Sale: November 18, 2008
320 pages
ISBN: 0670031607
EAN: 9780670031603
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Humor
A hilarious blast of scathing irreverence from the
award-winning actor and comedian.“A pissed off Leary is the
best Leary,” says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why
We Suck, Dr. Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his
biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the
politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the
thin--basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously.
He does so with the extra oomph of a doctorate bestowed upon
him by his alma mater Emerson College. “Sure it’s just a
celebrity type of thing--they only gave it to me because I’m
famous.” Leary explains. “But it’s legal and it means I get
to say I’m a doctor--just like Dr. Phil.” In Why We Suck,
Leary’s famously smart style and sardonic wit have found
their fullest and fiercest expression yet. Zeroing in on the
ridiculous wherever he finds it, Leary unravels 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 Cancer and
Lock ’n Load, and his platinum-selling song, “Asshole.”
Proudly Irish American, defiantly working class, with a
reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked,
Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are penetrating
social commentary with no holds barred. Leary’s book will
find wide appeal among people who want to laugh out loud or
find a guide who matches their view of what’s wrong in
America and the world-at-large; and fans of his one-man
shows, his many movies, and Rescue Me, Leary’s Golden Globe
and Emmy–nominated television show. Why We Suck is the
latest salvo from one of America’s most original and biting
comic satirists.
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