Death by Leisure A Cautionary Tale

by Ayres, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780802143655
• ISBN10: 0802143652
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-02
• Publisher: Grove Press

Summary

In Death by Leisure, the hilariously inept antihero of War Reporting for Cowards returns from the Iraqi marshlands to the Hollywood Hills, where he proceeds to embed himself in America's bubble economy-just as it's about to explode. Before long he's drinking foie gras pia coladas, smearing caviar in strange places, and borrowing seven-digit sums from grinning mortgage salesmen, all while trying to meet women by selling furniture on Craigslist. This is a shamelessly honest, savagely funny memoir (Ayres's encounter with Michael Jackson on a date-from-hell is not to be missed) that chronicles the runaway aspirations of a generation-and the carnage that followed. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Poolside at the Leisureplex	p. 1
Early Symptoms	p. 16
Tinned and Sweating on a Broken Conveyor Belt	p. 21
Never-Never Land	p. 38
The Desperate Period	p. 48
Lacking Courage	p. 60
Upgrade Everything	p. 69
Ah-Ha Kwe-Ah Mac (The Place Where it Rains)	p. 98
We are Liquid	p. 113
Asteroids and Neptunians	p. 128
Gone Native	p. 148
The Best Sofa Bed in the World	p. 160
Giant Depressed Squid	p. 170
Mike's Thing	p. 185
When Piggybacks Don't Fly	p. 201
Walls of Glass	p. 215
Hitting Nineteen	p. 228
Reverse Millionaire	p. 245
And the Lion Opens its Jaws	p. 266
The White Room	p. 285
Acknowledgments and Notes	p. 298
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