Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

by Chuck Klosterman (Author)

Synopsis

Chuck Klosterman has become the pop culture commentator of his time. Now, our favourite popular phenomenon offers new introductions, outros, segues, and footnotes around a collection sure to enlarge his following. Chuck Klosterman IV is divided into three parts: Part I: Things That Are True showcases Chuck's best profiles and trend stories from the past decade. Billy Joel, Metallica, Val Kilmer, U2, Radiohead, Wilco, The White Stripes, Steve Nash, 50 cent - they're all here, complete with behind-the-scenes details and ingenious analysis. Part II: Things That Might Be True assembles the best of opinion pieces that brim with a characteristic candor - always interesting, often infuriating, occasionally insane. Now fortified with twenty new hypothetical questions. Part III: Things That Are Not True At All offers an unpublished short story. While semi-autobiographical, it features a woman who falls out of the sky and lands on a man's car.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 01 Mar 2007

ISBN 10: 0571233996
ISBN 13: 9780571233991
Book Overview: Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas - from the hilarious and incisive author of Killing Yourself to Live comes a collection of truths, half truths and downright lies, that will entertain and beguile.

Media Reviews
Klosterman is like the new Hunter S. Thompson.

-- People


One of America's top cultural critics.

-- Entertainment Weekly


Mr. Klosterman makes good, smart company.

-- The New York Times


He's perfect junk food for the soul.

-- Los Angeles Times Book Review

Author Bio
Chuck's Journalism will be accessible to a wider audience in as much as it contains interviews and articles about 'names' U2, Radiohead, White Stripes, 50 Cent, Britney etc... Still not an established 'name' in the UK Coverage for Killing Yourself was fantastic and is sure to be again for this book First piece of fiction from Chuck - an indicator of the more fantastic writing to come Opportunities Threats Following on from the success of the South Bank event for Killing Yourself there will hopfully be more scope for further events Chance that the paperback of Killing Yourself to Live - published the month before - might affect sub/ sale of Chuck 4 Get the more 'street' media - Don't Panic/ Vice magazine - on board