Fraud
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday Books
- Publish date: 05/01/2001
Description:
David Rakoff is a fish out of water. Whether he finds himself climbing a mountain in New Hampshire ("If only the mist would part to reveal a beautiful, beautiful parking lot, I will get through this".), learning how to skin roadkill at wilderness camp ("I wish I had a dead animal's anus and genitals to cut around and pull through its body cavity".), or simply sitting quietly in a department store holiday window...for a month ("I am the ghost of Christmas Subconscious, I am the anti-Santa, I am Christmas Freud".), Rakoff is simultaneously laugh-out-loud funny and take-your-breath-away poignant.
Expand description
In this, his first collection of essays, Rakoff takes us places even we didn't know we wanted to go: expeditions as varied as the search for elves in Iceland, a foray into soap opera acting, or contemplating the gin-soaked olive at the bottom of a martini glass. "Fraud", for all its razor-sharp wit and snarky humor is also, ultimately, an object lesson in not taking life, or ourselves, too seriously.
Turning tragic flaws into divine comedy, "Fraud" is a remarkable debut.
Product notice
Returnable at the third party seller's discretion and may come without consumable supplements like access codes, CD's, or workbooks.
| Seller | Condition | Comments | Price |
|
HPB-Ruby
|
Very Good
|
$3.93
|
|
HPB-Diamond
|
Very Good
|
$4.50
|
|
2VBooks
|
Very Good
|
$4.86
|
|
Sixth Chamber Inc.
|
Very Good
|
$5.05
|
|
Ergodebooks
|
Good |
$5.46
|
|
Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB
|
Very Good |
$5.65
|
|
Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB
|
Good |
$5.65
|
|
HPB-Movies
|
Very Good
|
$6.28
|
|
Orca Books Cooperative
|
Very Good
|
$7.31
|
|
HPB-Ruby
|
Very Good
|
$7.86
|
|
Abacus Bookshop
|
Very Good
|
$8.43
|
|
Cape Cod Booksellers
|
Very Good
|
$11.20
|
|
AJA Bookstore
|
Very Good
|
$12.17
|
|
mark henderson
|
Like New
|
$13.68
|
|
Best and Fastest Books
|
Good |
$14.06
|
|
The Book House - Saint Louis
|
Good
|
$18.00
|
|
Blessthisstore
|
Very Good |
$19.61
|
|
AJA Bookstore
|
Like New
|
$28.12
|
|
J.E. Miles, A Bookseller
|
Very Good |
$33.70
|
|
Robinson Street Books
|
Like New
|
$39.37
|
|
Printed Garden, Booksellers
|
Very Good
|
$45.00
|
|
GridFreed
|
New |
$65.31
|
|
GridFreed
|
New |
$90.32
|
Please Wait