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Authors: Rakoff, David
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: BIO026000, HUM003000, PHI035000
ISBN: 9780385533690, Related ISBNs: 0307738841, 030773885X, 0307738868, 0307738876, 0385525249
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 224,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: In this deeply smart and sneakily poignant collection of essays, the bestselling author of Fraud and Don’t Get Too Comfortable makes an inspired case for always assuming the worst—because then you’ll never be disappointed.

Whether he’s taking on pop culture phenomena with Oscar Wilde-worthy wit or dealing with personal tragedy, Rakoff’s sharp observations and humorist’s flair for the absurd will have you positively reveling in the untapped power of negativity.
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