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This powerful collection of essays ranges from pop culture to politics, from Hillary Clinton to Susan Sontag, from Facebook to Mad Men, from Joan Didion to David Foster Wallace to?most strikingly?the author's own life. For fans of the essays of John Jeremiah Sullivan and Jonathan Lethem. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times The Wall Street Journal Katie Roiphe's writing?whether in the form of personal essays, literary criticism, or cultural reporting?is bracing, wickedly entertaining, and deeply engaged with our mores and manners. In these pages, she turns her exacting gaze on the surprisingly narrow-minded conventions governing the way we live now. Is there a preoccupation with "healthiness" above all else? If so, does it lead insidiously to judging anyone who tries to live differently? Examining such subjects as the current fascination with Mad Men, the oppressiveness of Facebook ("the novel we are all writing"), and the quiet malice our society displays toward single mothers, Roiphe makes her case throughout these electric pages. She profiles a New York prep school grad turned dominatrix; isolates the exact, endlessly repeated ingredients of a magazine "

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Author

Roiphe, Katie

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679644026

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Science, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.35 / 5 (879 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14