Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17 (Onion Series) - Softcover

Onion Editors

Softcover

ISBN 10: 030733984X ISBN 13: 9780307339843

Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 2006

Synopsis

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Onion fans hear this! Homeland Insecurity is the largest collection of award-winning journalism from America’s Finest News Source ever released, and that means you must buy it! Featuring every brilliantly biting article printed in The Onion between November 2004 and December 2005, a time in our country’s history ripe for further examination by America’s Finest News Source, Homeland Insecurity collects all the news reporting you were too lazy to read when it first appeared, now delivered in a handy single volume that will fit perfectly on the bookshelf of your dorm, ward, or cell. Homeland Insecurity is Volume 17 in the always bestselling and always entertaining Onion series.

The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication, with more than 3.8 million weekly visitors to its website (theonion.com) and a print circulation of more than 500,000. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

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The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication, with more than 3.8 million weekly visitors to its website (theonion.com) and a print circulation of more than 500,000. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

Reviews

The Onion's claim to being America' Finest News Source may have its tongue pressed firmly in cheek, but it is certainly America's most wryly ludicrous and, at times, the most honest. As expected, the usual stuffed shirts are given their fair share of lampooning ("Bush Vows to Eliminate U.S. Dependence on Oil by 4920," "Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity with New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory"), but where the Onion really excels is in exposing the inner hilarity of your average nincompoop ("Investigators Blame Stupidity in Area Death," "Area Man Looking for Whatever the Hell Is Beeping"). The finest material comes from simply pointing out how a lot of people are really dumb, pathetic, and not at all heartwarming. Which is itself oddly reassuring. The fake news phenomenon has never been more culturally popular, and nearing its twentieth year, the Onion still ranks among its foremost stalwarts. This collection features the entire archive from November 2004 to December 2005, and while devotees will have already read most of the content, newcomers will be thrilled to titter over these headlines. Ian Chipman
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Edition details

• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030733984X
• ISBN 13: 9780307339843
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320