Don’t Get Too Comfortable
Author: David Rakoff
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 merciless….Read More
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