Book cover for Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's, Humor Category by Dave Eggers, Kevin Shay, Lee Epstein, John Warner and Suzanne Kleid

Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans

The Best of McSweeney's, Humor Category

2004 Released
256 Pages
3-4 Hours
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VintageISBN 9781400043316

A hilarious collection from McSweeney's that "achieves the sensation of being hit by a hip, humorous train.... Breaks mold after mold in hilarious fashion" (The New York Times).

Now more than ever, Americans are troubled by questions. As sweaty modernity thrusts itself upon us, the veil of ignorance that cloaked our nation hangs in tatters, tattered tatters. Our "funny bones" are neither fun nor bony. Glum is the new giddy, and the old giddy wasn't too giddy to begin with. 
What can be done to stop this relentless march of drabbery? Nothing. But perhaps this book can be used to dull the pain. Included herein: 

The Ten Worst Films of All Time, as Reviewed by Ezra Pound over Italian Radio 

Unused Audio Commentary by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002, for The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring DVD (Platinum Series Extended Edition), Part One. 

How Important Moments in My Life Would Have Been Different If I Was Shot in the Stomach 

My Beard, Reviewed 

Circumstances under Which I Would Have Sex with Some of My Fellow Jurors

Lee Epstein

Lee Epstein (PhD, Emory University) is the University Professor of Law & Political Science and the Hilliard Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Science Foundation, Epstein has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles and essays and 18 books. She is currently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour. Professor Epstein's empirical research is frequently cited in the New York Times, among other news media.

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