Fraud

FromThis American Lifealum David Rakoff comes a hilarious collection that single-handedly raises self-deprecation to an art form. Whether impersonating Sigmund Freud in a department store window during the holidays, climbing an icy mountain in cheap loafers, or learning primitive survival skills in the wilds of New Jersey, Rakoff clearly demonstrates how he doesn't belongnor does he try to. In his debut collection of essays, Rakoff uses his razor-sharp wit and snarky humor to deliver a barrage of damaging blows that, more often than not, land squarely on his own jawhilariously satirizing the writer, not the subject. Joining the wry and the heartfelt,Fraudoffers an object lesson in not taking life, or ourselves, too seriously.

<b>DAVID RAKOFF</b> is a regular contributor to <i>Salon</i>,<i> Outside</i> magazine, and Public Radio International’s<i> This American Life,</i> and has written for the<i> New York Times Magazine</i>, <i>GQ</i>, <i>Esquire</i>, <i>Harper’s Bazaar</i>, the <i>New York Observer</i>, and many other publications. He lives in New York City.