{"product_id":"eating-the-dinosaur-1416544216","title":"Eating the Dinosaur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1416544216\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Klosterman, Chuck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a bestselling and acclaimed diversion into fiction, Chuck Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, returns to the form in which hes been spectacularly successful with a collection of essays about our consumption of pop culture and sports.Q: What is this book about?A: Well, thats difficult to say. I havent read it yet-Ive just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isnt a plot. Ive heard theres a lot of stuff about time travel in this book, and quite a bit about violence and Garth Brooks and why Germans dont laugh when theyre inside grocery stores. Ralph Nader and Ralph Sampson play significant roles. I think there are several pages about Rear Window and college football and Mad Men and why Rivers Cuomo prefers having sex with Asian women. Supposedly theres a chapter outlining all the things the Unabomber was right about, but perhaps Im misinformed.Q: Is there a larger theme?A: Oh, something about reality. What is reality, maybe? No, thats not it. Not exactly. I get the sense that most of the core questions dwell on the way media perception constructs a fake reality that ends up becoming more meaningful than whatever actually happened. Also, Lady Gaga.Q: Should I read this book?A: Probably. Do you see a clear relationship between the Branch Davidian disaster and the recording of Nirvanas In Utero? Does Barack Obama make you want to drink Pepsi? Does ABBA remind you of AC\/DC? If so, you probably dont need to read this book. You probably wrote this book. But I suspect everybody else will totally love it, except for the ones who totally hate it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52207798616352,"sku":"NEW1416544216","price":12.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91fpG2n03JL.jpg?v=1787126064","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/eating-the-dinosaur-1416544216","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}