The Areas of My Expertise

By John Hodgman
(Riverhead Trade, Paperback, 9781594482229, 256pp.)

Publication Date: September 2006

Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Compact Disc - Abridged (August 2006), Hardcover (November 2005)

Categories: Form - Essays

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Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously)-a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom-all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius.




About the Author

John Hodgman is a contributing writer for publications including The New York Times Magazine. He wrote an advice column for McSweeney's for over a year entitled "Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent," and currently curates and hosts Little Gray Book Lectures-a monthly series that has been broadcast on This American Life. He now appears regularly on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Visit him on the web at www.areasofmyexpertise.com.

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