{"product_id":"9780312420826","title":"Balsamic Dreams : A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBalsamic Dreams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Joe Queenan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRed Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon\u003c\/i\u003e comes a vintage Queenan tirade chronicling the evolution of his own Baby Boomer Generation. How did a generation that started out at Woodstock and Monterey end up at Crate \u0026amp; Barrel? How did a generation that promised to \"teach its children well\" end up with a progeny so evil they could give Damien from \u003ci\u003eThe Omen \u003c\/i\u003ea run for his money? And what is so fascinating about porcini mushrooms? Professional iconoclast Queenan shows how a generation with so much promise lost its way by confusing pop culture with culture and mistaking lifestyle for life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueenan on The Sixties:\u003c\/i\u003e \"Baby Boomers who never saw Hendrix, did drugs, locked or loaded an AK-47 in country or bedded down with a girl named Radiance now all pretend they did. It's like those Civil War reenactment buffs who have drunk so much Wild Turkey they actually think they were at Chickamauga.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueenan on Death\u003c\/i\u003e: \"A generation whose primary cultural artifact is the Filofax has enormous difficulty shoehorning death into its schedule: it's inconvenient, time-consuming and stressful. '\u003ci\u003eWe don't have time to die this afternoon; Caitlin has ballet.\u003c\/i\u003e'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Really funny....Again and again, Queenan neatly dices and skewers the pretensions, hypocrisies and fashion mistakes of the generation that came of age during the 1960s....\u003ci\u003eBalsamic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is, as we Boomers would say, just about as good as it gets.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A witty tirade.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of rollicking and hilarious prose, and with this book Queenan performs a public service: He tells boomers to get over themselves.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lunch-pail Voltaire for our times.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Often clever and rarely wrong....A finely, funny screed.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sardonic, often laugh-out-loud puncturing of Baby Boomer pretensions.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Queenan...dissects these ephemeral creatures asdelicately as an entomologist examining the innerworkings of a mayfly. He lays bare their failings, foibles, fatuities, flaws, and fads with a keen and unsentimental knife. The pages bristle with caustic wit and deadlyparody....A fully diverting diversion.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A hilarious, quasi-maniacal extended rant against baby boomers....He pulls no punches.” —\u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312420826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40652351111374,"sku":"9780312420826","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d91d3272-094c-4baa-9f20-a4afb56f5315.jpg?v=1639277444","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312420826","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}