{"product_id":"sex-drugs-and-cocoa-puffs-a-low-culture-manifesto-chuck-klosterman-paperback","title":"Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto -- Chuck Klosterman, Paperback","description":"Over half a million copies sold! From the author of the highly acclaimed heavy metal memoir, Fargo Rock City, comes another hilarious and discerning take on massively popular culture--set in Chuck Klosterman's den and your own--covering everything from the effect of John Cusack flicks to the crucial role of breakfast cereal to the awesome power of the Dixie Chicks.Countless writers and artists have spoken for a generation, but no one has done it quite like Chuck Klosterman. With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an almost effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the real difference between apples and oranges (of which there is none). And don't even get him started on his love life and the whole Harry-Met-Sally situation. Whether deconstructing Saved by the Bell episodes or the artistic legacy of Billy Joel, the symbolic importance of The Empire Strikes Back or the Celtics\/Lakers rivalry, Chuck will make you think, he'll make you laugh, and he'll drive you insane--usually all at once. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is ostensibly about art, entertainment, infotainment, sports, politics, and kittens, but--really--it's about us. All of us. As Klosterman realizes late at night, in the moment before he falls asleep, \"In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever 'in and of itself.'\" Read to believe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Klosterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.60w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743236010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/2004 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, Fargo Rock City \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChuck Klosterman X\u003c\/i\u003e) and two novels (\u003ci\u003eDowntown Owl \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Visible Man\u003c\/i\u003e). He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003efor three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chuck Klosterman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67584759529700,"sku":"9780743236010","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780743236010.jpg?v=1792051535","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/sex-drugs-and-cocoa-puffs-a-low-culture-manifesto-chuck-klosterman-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}