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Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale Book
The hilariously intrepid young author of War Reporting for Cowards returns from Iraq only to dive head-first into another absurd, terrifying world: the American leisure class. Like Hunter Thompson crossed with one of David Brooksâ??s bobos in paradise, Ayres embeds himself in LAâ??s â??liesuretocracyâ?: an over-the-top world of caviar facials, billionaire charity balls, souped-up SUVs, and monster home loans . . . not to mention $1,000-a-night brothels and million-dollar poker tournaments. Ayresâ??s highly leveraged lifestyle lands him a surreal night with a supermodel, a date at Michael Jacksonâ??s birthday party in Neverland Ranch (Ayres bribes the organizers five grand to get in), and a wife courtesy of Craigslist. But disaster is never far away. In the bookâ??s brutal final section, Ayres is forced to confront the excesses of his generation at a scene of apocalyptic destruction: the Katrina-ravaged South. Told with a blend of offbeat irreverence, genuine pathos, and incisive social commentary, Death by Leisure is a savage and darkly humorous odyssey that taps directly into the contemporary psyche.Read More
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- 080211881X
- 9780802118813
- Chris Ayres
- 15 February 2009
- Grove Press
- Hardcover (Book)
- 288
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