The Areas of My Expertise

Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Centuryand Jon Stewart's Americacomes 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.

John Hodgman is a contributing writer for publications including The New York Times Magazine. He wrote an advice column for McSweeney's for over a year entitled "Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent," and currently curates and hosts Little Gray Book Lectures-a monthly series that has been broadcast on This American Life. He now appears regularly on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Visit him on the web at www.areasofmyexpertise.com.