The Areas of My Expertise
by John Hodgman
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Author: John HodgmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: 1594482225
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
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- ISBN13: 9781594482229
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Book Review: Hodgman at his best
Summary: 5 Stars
John Hodgman has a very dry, archaic wit that lends itself well to the material presented in his book, a selection of conspiracies, falsified history and goofy blink-and-you'll-miss-them historical one-liners. Often the joke is what he's decided to include itself - lycanthropic timetables line every page, and the list of 700 hobo names (and a rich hobo history) is continuously inventive despite its formidable length.
It's a very wordy, full book to go through (much more so than the sequel), and completely suitable for fans of Hodgman's TV shtick and dry, deadpan McSweeney's sort of persona. I recommend it, if only for its innovative use of spine space.
Summary of The Areas of My Expertise
Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously)-a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom-all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius.With his Daily Show appearances and his "I'm a PC" Apple ads, John Hodgman has only become more famous since the hardcover edition of his all-you-need compendium of facts, The Areas of My Expertise was released. He has also become smarter. To reflect this, the paperback edition of The Areas of My Expertise has been expanded to include 100 new hobo names and new, additional complete world knowledge. John Hodgman and his fur-hatted associate, Jonathan, have prepared an exclusive video for Amazon customers explaining the above.
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