The Disappointment Artist: and Other Essays

Blending elements of reminiscence and cultural commentary, the award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn presents a series of imaginative essays that address a wide range of cultural obsessions, in such works as 'Defending The Searchers,' 'Identifying with Your Parents,' and '13/1977/21,' about the summer he saw Star Wars twenty-one times. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.