We Learn Nothing: Essays

We Learn Nothing: Essays
ISBN-10
1439198713
ISBN-13
9781439198711
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2013-04-09
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Tim Kreider

Description

A New York Times political cartoonist and writer presents a collection of his most popular essays and drawings about life and government hypocrisy, exploring the darkly comic aspects of such topics as falling in love with unlikeable people, managing a friend with outspoken political views and reacting to a long acquaintance's sex-change operation. By the creator of The Pain--When Will It End?

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