Don't get too comfortable [the indignities of coach class, the torments of low thread count, the never-ending quest for artisanal olive oil and other first world problems]
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New York : Random House Audio, p2005.
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Published
New York : Random House Audio, p2005.
Format
CD audio book
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4 sound discs (4.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

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Compact disc.
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Subtitle from container.
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Executive producer, Dan Zitt ; producer, Karen DiMattia.
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Read by the author.
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"David Rakoff's bestselling collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud, established him as one of today's funniest and most insightful writers. Now, in Don't Get Too Comfortable, Rakoff moves from the personal to the public, journeying into the land of unchecked plenty that is contemporary America. Rarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly and wittily skewered. Somewhere along the line, our healthy self-regard has exploded into obliterating narcissism ; our manic getting and spending have now become celebrated as moral virtues. Whether contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good-times-and-chicken-wings of Hooters Air, or traveling to a private island off the coast of Belize to watch a soft-core video shoot, where he is provided with his very own personal manservant, Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess. He comes away from his explorations hilariouosly horrified. At once a Wildean satire of our ridiculous culture of overconsumption and a plea for a little human decency, Don't Get Too Comfortable shows that far from being bobos in paradise, we're in a special circle of gilded-age hell"--Container.
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Essays on overconsumption in the current culture of excess.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rakoff, D. (2005). Don't get too comfortable: [the indignities of coach class, the torments of low thread count, the never-ending quest for artisanal olive oil and other first world problems] (Unabridged selections.). Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rakoff, David. 2005. Don't Get Too Comfortable: [the Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil and Other First World Problems]. Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rakoff, David. Don't Get Too Comfortable: [the Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil and Other First World Problems] Random House Audio, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rakoff, David. Don't Get Too Comfortable: [the Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil and Other First World Problems] Unabridged selections., Random House Audio, 2005.

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