| The Fine Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll Contributor(s): Edmundson, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 006171349X ISBN-13: 9780061713491 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.25 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Hilarious, harrowing, and ultimately inspiring.... Truly, there is something arresting and wonderful on every page." "With sentences that sometimes astonish" (Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft), celebrated cultural critic Mark Edmundson has written a hip and hilarious coming-of-age memoir about one man's miscues and false starts as he enters the world after college. Through exhilarating adventures, he attempts to answer the timeless question of who he is, while contemplating what role music, love, work, drugs, money, and books will play in his life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edmundson, Mark: - Mark Edmundson is a professor at the University of Virginia and the prizewinning author of numerous works of cultural criticism, including Why Read?; Literature Against Philosophy, Plato to Derrida; and Teacher. He lives in Batesville, Virginia. |