Research Catalog

Title

I hate everyone-- starting with me / Joan Rivers.

Author

Rivers, Joan

Publication

New York : Berkley Hardcover, 2012.

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Details

Description

242 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Joan Rivers, comedienne, actress, jewelry monger, lives by the golden rule: Do unto others before they do unto you--and for God's sakes, do it funny! During the past two hundred years Joan has gained acclaim as an award-winning entertainment goddess. Joan is an international star (she can sneer in eight different languages) having performed all over the world, raising eyebrows, dropping names, and getting laughs. Her career in comedy began with a fantastic sense of self-loathing, but, after spending a couple of years looking at the human decrepitude around her, she figured, "Why stop here when there are so many other things to hate?" Here--uncensored and totally uninhibited--Joan says "F.U. to P.C." and says exactly what's on her mind...And HER mind is a terrible thing to waste. She proudly kicks the crap out of ugly children, dating rituals, funerals, and lousy restaurants. She nails First Ladies, closet cases, and hypocrites to the wall. She shows no mercy towards doctors, feminists, and historical figures. She even goes after Anne Frank, Stephen Hawking, and the plucky handicapped. Joan lets everyone--including herself--have it in this one hundred percent honest and unabashedly hilarious love letter to the hater in all of us. This is absolute Joan Rivers. You gotta love her. Even if she hates you"--

Subject

• Misanthropy > Humor
• HUMOR / General
• HUMOR / Form / Essays

Genre/Form

• Humor
• Humor.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I hate everyone... -- For the children -- Tick-tock -- Death be not proud -- Love sucks -- Manners -- Eat me! -- Location, location, location... -- Road trip -- The name game -- Screw Mother Nature... -- I hate show business... it's a cruel mistress -- People.

ISBN

9780425248300 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2012008413

OCLC

741538556

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library