(Not That You Asked)

In (Not that You Asked), Steve Almond documents a life spent brawling with the idiot kings of modern culture. He squares off against Sean Hannity on national TV, takes on Oprah Winfrey, nearly gets kidnapped by a reality TV crew, and winds up in Boston, where he quickly enrages the entire population of Red Sox Nation. Amid the carnage, he finds time to celebrate his literary hero, the late Kurt Vonnegut. These are essays the Los Angeles Times has called %u201Crich, fearless [and] cutting.%u201D Praise for (Not that You Asked) %u201CRefreshingly irreverent . . . absurdly funny.%u201D %u2013The Boston Globe %u201C[Almond] scores big in every chapter of this must-have collection. Biting humor, honesty, smarts and heart: Vonnegut himself would have been proud.%u201D %u2013Kirkus Reviews (starred review) %u201CTaunting, revealing, irreverent, and earnest.%u201D %u2013The New York Times %u201CSteve Almond has created a distinctive voice and literary persona. Pleasure-obsessed, self-deprecating, horny, hilarious and always dedicated to parsing the messy terrain of the human heart.%u201D %u2013Forward.com Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. …