- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Viking; illustrated edition edition (30 July 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0670031607
- ISBN-13: 978-0670031603
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 292,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A pissed off Leary is the best Leary," says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why We Suck, Dr Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the thin - basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously.
In Why We Suck, Leary's famously smart style and sardonic wit have found their fullest and fiercest expression yet. Zeroing in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it, Leary unravels his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics.
Proudly Irish American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are penetrating social commentary with no holds barred. Leary's book will find wide appeal among people who want to laugh out loud or find a guide who matches their view of what's wrong in America and the world-at-large.
About the Author
Denis Leary has appeared in more than thirty films, including the Oscar-nominated Wag the Dog, The Thomas Crowne Affair and Ice Age, as well as the Christmas cult classic The Ref. Leary has also written for New York Magazine, GQ, Playboy, Esquire and many other publications. He is also the co-writer, creator and star of the four-time Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated TV series Resue Me.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
while i was over in america i read an article in usa today about this upcoming book and having seen some great movies with denis in them i really got intrigued by it
went to a bookstore and read the back cover and i was sold #
not the biggest reading fan in the world
but this book hooks you right from the start and doesnt let go till youve read it over and over
the book is one of those that you feel you share a connection with the reader in that he makes sooo much common sense
laugh out loud soo much during this read which does get the odd stare if your out in the park reading but you just cant help yourself
what you waiting for buy it already
went to a bookstore and read the back cover and i was sold #
not the biggest reading fan in the world
but this book hooks you right from the start and doesnt let go till youve read it over and over
the book is one of those that you feel you share a connection with the reader in that he makes sooo much common sense
laugh out loud soo much during this read which does get the odd stare if your out in the park reading but you just cant help yourself
what you waiting for buy it already
Format:Paperback
Very entertaining little book,I bought it without knowin the author,but I enjoyed the read anyway.It makes you laugh and it makes you think,so it does its job well.
Format:Hardcover
I'm a 50 yr old fan of Leary & i get it what he's saying..
But half way through this book it had gone from LOL to OMG-STOP MOANING!!
Some really good anecdotes of his childhood & Parenthood though & as i said
very funny in places but a bit whiney in others.
Do as i did & if it gets a bit much take a break part way through & finish
it a week or 2 later!!
But half way through this book it had gone from LOL to OMG-STOP MOANING!!
Some really good anecdotes of his childhood & Parenthood though & as i said
very funny in places but a bit whiney in others.
Do as i did & if it gets a bit much take a break part way through & finish
it a week or 2 later!!
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The wonderfull ramblings!
Denis Leary as we know and prefer him: angry, aeger and agitated. I'm not american but i recognized a lot of my own thoughts in the book. Priceless! I hope he continues writing.
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