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The Authenticity Hoax: Why the "Real" Things We Seek Don't Make Us Happy

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The Authenticity Hoax: Why the "real" Things We Seek Don't Make Us Happy - Potter, Andrew
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"A totally real, genuine, authentic book about why you shouldn't believe any of those words. And it's genuinely good." -- Gregg Easterbrook, author of Sonic Boom Exploring a number of trends in our popular culture--from Sarah Palin to Antiques Roadshow, organic food to the indignation over James Frey's memoir--Andrew Potter follows his successful Nation of Rebels with a new book that argues that our pursuit of the authentic is fraught with irony and self-defeat. Readers of The Paradox of Choice or Bowling Alone will find ...

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The Authenticity Hoax: Why the "real" Things We Seek Don't Make Us Happy 2011, Harper Perennial

ISBN-13: 9780061251351

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