Thurgood Brinkman, a young, black, Ivy League-educated reporter for a comic-book-colored national newspaper, has a nagging feeling there's something missing -- from his job, his life, from the nineties in general. He spends his nights philosophizing via e-mail about success and selling out, Freud, and the possibility of lasting love, while he wastes his days writing brain-numbing trend stories about designer vegetables, karaoke dubs, and the fluctuating popularity of boxer shorts. Meanwhile, his sister is dating a homicidal ...
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Thurgood Brinkman, a young, black, Ivy League-educated reporter for a comic-book-colored national newspaper, has a nagging feeling there's something missing -- from his job, his life, from the nineties in general. He spends his nights philosophizing via e-mail about success and selling out, Freud, and the possibility of lasting love, while he wastes his days writing brain-numbing trend stories about designer vegetables, karaoke dubs, and the fluctuating popularity of boxer shorts. Meanwhile, his sister is dating a homicidal whiteboy rapper, he's getting evicted, and his boss edits his copy into unrecognizable fluff. But everything changes when Thurgood has the opportunity to cover the Gulf War with Sojourner Truth Zapader, a charismatic, Afrocentric Washington Post columnist whose pointed editorials have long stirred his imagination. Together, they set out to cover what could be -- if they make it back -- the story of their lives. Thurgood discovers truths about himself he never imagined and secrets about America he will never forget. All in all, My Favorite War is a wild riff on consumer culture, corporatism, racism, and a debased media.
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Add this copy of My Favorite War to cart. $1.87, good condition, Sold by Poquette's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dewitt, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
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Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Book ISBN: 0-374-21696-7. Terry McMillan blurb on gold sticker, front dj. Others: Ishmael Reed, Derrick Bell Stephen Frailey dj art. fine, fine dj, black cloth & bds. Clean, giftworthy! 260 pgs.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Clean hardcover stated first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Black boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean with clean endpapers-no names, writing or marks. 260 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author's first novel, a satirical coming-of-age novel that is at once hilarious and devastatingly honest-agiddy diatribe on the flaws of contemporary life and American society.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A gold sticker on front dustwrapper that has a quote from Terry McMillan. Light shelf rubbing to dustwrapper. Otherwise like new. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed 'To Betty, happy reading! ' by the author on the title page. Stated 1st edition, no number line (1st printing). Book as new. Dust jacket has mild wear to the top of the spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 260 p. Audience: General/trade. Front panel has a sticker with a Terry McMillan blurb. Page numbers noted in ink on final free endpaper. A novel by the author of 'Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley' and 'Aaliyah, More Than a Woman'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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