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Zusatztext 'Full of rollicking and hilarious prose . . . With this book Queenan performs a public service; he tells boomers to get over themselves.' USA Today Informationen zum Autor The bestselling author of America and Queenan Country , Joe Queenan is a contributing writer at Men's Health and writes regularly for the New York Times, Forbes and Smart Money . His movie criticism appears every month in the Guardian Weekend section; he has appeared on Nightly Review , Newsnight and Front Row ; he has written and starred in three short satirical programs on Channel 4; and can regularly be heard on BBC Radio 4. Mr Queenan lives in Tarrytown, New York. Klappentext A short but self-important history of the Baby Boomer generation.A short but self-important history of the Baby Boomer generation. Zusammenfassung How did a generation that started out at Woodstock and Monterey end up at Crate & Barrel? How did a generation that promised to 'teach its children well' end up with progeny so evil they could give that kid from The Omen a run for his money? And what is so fascinating about porcini mushrooms? From the bestselling author of Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon and Queenan Country comes a vintage Queenan tirade chronicling the evolution of his own Baby Boomer generation.
