Why We Suck : A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid

by Leary, Denis

• ISBN13: 9780452295643
• ISBN10: 0452295645
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-27
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

The New York Timesbestseller One of America's most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary takes on all the poseurs, politicians, and pop culture icons who have sucked in public for far too long. Sparing no one, Leary zeroes in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it-his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics-with the same bright, savage, and profane insight he brought to his critically acclaimed one-man shows No Cure for Cancer Proudly Irish-American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are both penetrating social commentary with no holds barred and laugh-out-loud funny. As always, Leary's impassioned comic perspective in Why We Suckis right on target.

Author Biography

Dr. Denis Leary is the cowriter, creator, and star of four-time Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated TV series Rescue Me. His one man shows, No Cure for Cancer and Lock 'n Load, broke viewing records on HBO. Leary has also written for New York Magazine, GQ, Playboy, and Esquire, and has appeared in more than thirty films.