"Wherever he is, David Rakoff is a fish out of water. Whether impersonating Sigmund Freud in a department store window during the holidays, climbing an icy mountain in cheap loafers, playing an evil modeling agent on a day-time soap opera, or learning primitive survival skills in the wilds of New Je[...]

In this deeply smart and sneakily poignant collection of essays, the bestselling author of "Fraud "and "Don't Get Too Comfortable" makes an inspired case for always assuming the worst--because then you'll never be disappointed. Whether he's taking on pop culture phenomena with Oscar Wilde-worthy wit[...]