Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays by Alexandra Petri (English) Hardcover

Description: Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the US presidency. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview. In essays both new and adapted from her viral columns, Petri reports that the Trump administration was as competent as it was uncorrupted, white supremacy has never been less rampant, and men have been silenced for too long. The ?woman card? is a powerful card to play! Q-Anon makes perfect sense! This Panglossian venture into our swampy present offers a virtuosic first draft of history that chronicles the chaotic half-decade from the twilight of the Obama years to the final gasp of the Trump administration. ?One of the difficulties of being alive today,? Petri notes, ?is that everything is absurd but fewer and fewer things are funny.? Written with devastating wit that reveals a persistent, perhaps manic optimism about her benighted country, Petris essays have become iconic expressions of rage and anger, read and liked and shared by hundreds of thousands of people. Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why shows why she has emerged as the preeminent political satirist of her generation. Back Cover Praise for Alexandra Petri:"One of the funniest writers alive." - Randall Munroe"Alexandra Petri is a genius who makes the pain more bearable. Im indebted to her always...for the mirth and for the rage." - Rebecca Traister"Only Petri has the wit, the imagination, and the humor to fully understand the madness of the Trump era. If this is hell, she is our Virgil, except funny." - Peter Sagal"The funniest person in Washington." - Dave Barry"Incomparable." - Annette Gordon-Reed"Hilarious." - Megan Amram"The true stable genius of our day and age." - Katha Pollitt"Alexandra Petri is so good all the time." - Bim Adewunmi"A national treasure." - Katy Tur"A national treasure." - Jamil Smith"A national treasure." - Chuck Wendig"Hardly an original observation but [Alexandra Petri] is a national treasure." - Susan Hennessey Author Biography Alexandra Petri is a humorist and columnist for the Washington Post and author of three books including Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, a Thurber Prize finalist. She lives in Washington, DC. Review [A] superb and stinging collection of new and previously published pieces. . . Acidic and spot-on, Petris work captures the surreal quality of Trumps tenure as perhaps no other book has.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"[B]rilliant and wry...Petri hilariously roasts the last five years in American culture.... A stress-reducing belly laugh, and assurance that creative writings role in interpreting culture hasnt been lost in these uncertain times.-- "Booklist (starred review)"[F]antastical, sharp...combines the rhetorical flourishes of Daniel M. Lavery with the best instincts of Gawker-esque internet snark. Its a delightful book.--Emma Sarappo "Washington City Paper"[Petri is] a fresh and prolific voice, someone who [is] able to make the painful reality of our current sociopolitical dumpster fire not just very, very funny, but stingingly poignant.--Julie Klam "Washington Post"Petris gift is putting just enough breathing room between us and reality that were able to let that laugh out.--Joanna Scutts "Trix"We all have that one friend who has the rare ability to make us laugh....even under the direst of circumstances. A friend whose dry wit, touching on everything from electoral politics to womens equality, is more than just banter: It also punctuates intellectual points and helps frame opinions. Thats what it feels like to read Alexandra Petris new book.--Tiffany D. Cross "New York Times Book Review"Alexandra Petri makes me fall off my sofa laughing at things that would ordinarily send me into a suicidal depression. The miracle satirist for an unsatirizable era.--Emily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic Review Quote "We all have that one friend who has the rare ability to make us laugh....even under the direst of circumstances. A friend whose dry wit, touching on everything from electoral politics to womens equality, is more than just banter: It also punctuates intellectual points and helps frame opinions. Thats what it feels like to read Alexandra Petris new book." Details ISBN1324006455 Author Alexandra Petri Pages 240 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1324006455 ISBN-13 9781324006459 Format Hardcover Imprint WW Norton & Co Subtitle Essays Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation The Washington Post Short Title Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why Language English Publication Date 2020-07-17 UK Release Date 2020-07-17 NZ Release Date 2020-07-17 US Release Date 2020-07-17 Publisher WW Norton & Co Alternative 9780393867374 DEWEY 320.0207 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-07-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128985816;

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