Author: Jon
Stewart and the writers of the Daily Show
Title: America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to
Democracy Inaction
Description: A “lighthearted look” at American history
and politics.
Writing style: Funny
as heck.
Audience: People
who can get a joke.
Major ideas: Let’s
try not taking ourselves so seriously all the time.
Wrap-up: Two
fairly major caveats: the book is almost 10 years old by now, and it has some
fairly raunchy bits (words and pictures). These two aside, I laughed through
most of it. Sometimes these political books can be so topical that they become
not merely funny, but nearly incomprehensible. This book does a survey of
American history, so that will always be there. It’s mostly just the stuff
about the 2004 election that seems pretty dated. 4/5*
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