Fly Fishing with Darth Vader: And Other Adventures with Evangelical Wrestlers, Political Hitmen, and Jewish Cowboys

ISBN: 1439159971

Author: Labash, Matt

Condition: New

Masterful writer: In The New York Times , David Brooks hailed Matt Labash as consistently one of the best magazine writers in the country. He is not alone. Considered one of Americans most brilliant writers by the journalism community, this long-awaited book debut presents Labash at his very best. A latter day Leibling, Labashs collection will take its place alongside books by writers such as Calvin Trillin and P.J. ORourke.. A unique voice thats well-connected: Labashs well-informed insights, self-deprecating wit, and provocative candor feature regularly in The Weekly Standard and have also appeared in Washingtonian Magazine , American Spectator , and on Slate.com. Extremely well-liked and respected, his media contacts are many and varied. He has declined invitations to appear on everything from HBO Sports to Meet the Press -but is finally willing to make the rounds. As LA Weekly wrote after his Detroit piece, its not new to give props to Matt Labash.. Remarkable collection: Full of wit, insight, and a trenchant grasp of the American scoundrel, Labashs masterful profiles of men on the nations fringe-Pirate Kingfish Gov. Edwin Johnson, The Right Reverend Dr. Al Sharpton, Dirty Trickster Roger Stone-are published alongside devastating pieces on such dead or dying cities as Detroit and New Orleans; work celebrating such joyous, but overlooked pockets of American culture as Revival music and Rebirth Brass Band; and scathing, hilarious briefs on the nations great phonies-Michael Moore, Louis Farrakhan, Donald Trump to name a few..