Eating the Dinosaur - by Chuck Klosterman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Whether he's dissecting the boredom of voyeurism, the reason why music fans inevitably hate their favorite band's latest album, or why we love watching can't-miss superstars fail spectacularly, Klosterman remains obsessed with the relationship between expectation, reality, and living history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>After a bestselling and acclaimed diversion into fiction, Chuck Klosterman, author of <i>Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs</i>, returns to the form in which he's been spectacularly successful with a collection of essays about our consumption of pop culture and sports.</b> <p/>Q: What is this book about?<b> </b> <p/>A: Well, that's difficult to say. I haven't read it yet--I've just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isn't a plot. I've heard there's a lot of stuff about time travel in this book, and quite a bit about violence and Garth Brooks and why Germans don't laugh when they're inside grocery stores. Ralph Nader and Ralph Sampson play significant roles. I think there are several pages about <i>Rear Window </i>and college football and <i>Mad Men </i>and why Rivers Cuomo prefers having sex with Asian women. Supposedly there's a chapter outlining all the things the Unabomber was right about, but perhaps I'm misinformed. <p/>Q: Is there a larger theme?<b> </b> <p/>A: Oh, something about reality. "What is reality," maybe? No, that's not it. Not exactly. I get the sense that most of the core questions dwell on the way media perception constructs a fake reality that ends up becoming more meaningful than whatever actually happened. Also, Lady Gaga. <p/>Q: Should I read this book?<b> </b> <p/>A: Probably. Do you see a clear relationship between the Branch Davidian disaster and the recording of Nirvana's <i>In Utero</i>? Does Barack Obama make you want to drink Pepsi? Does ABBA remind you of AC/DC? If so, you probably don't need to read this book. You probably wrote this book. But I suspect everybody else will totally love it, except for the ones who totally hate it.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including <i>Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, Fargo Rock City </i>and <i>Chuck Klosterman X</i>) and two novels (<i>Downtown Owl </i>and <i>The Visible Man</i>). He has written for <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>GQ</i>, <i>Esquire</i>, <i>Spin</i>, <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>The Believer, </i> <i>Billboard</i>, <i>The A.V. Club</i>, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for <i>The New York Times Magazine </i>for three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons
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