Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780670031603
ISBN: 0670031607
Label: Viking Adult
Manufacturer: Viking Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: November 18, 2008
Publisher: Viking Adult
Sales Rank: 500
Studio: Viking Adult

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
A hilarious blast of scathing irreverence from the award-winning actor and comedian.

“A pissed off Leary is the best Leary,” says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why We Suck, Dr. Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the thin--basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously. He does so with the extra oomph of a doctorate bestowed upon him by his alma mater Emerson College. “Sure it’s just a celebrity type of thing--they only gave it to me because I’m famous.” Leary explains. “But it’s legal and it means I get to say I’m a doctor--just like Dr. Phil.”

In Why We Suck, Leary’s famously smart style and sardonic wit have found their fullest and fiercest expression yet. Zeroing in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it, Leary unravels his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics with the same bright, savage, and profane insight he brought to his critically acclaimed one-man shows No Cure for Cancer and Lock ’n Load, and his platinum-selling song, “Asshole.”

Proudly Irish American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are penetrating social commentary with no holds barred. Leary’s book will find wide appeal among people who want to laugh out loud or find a guide who matches their view of what’s wrong in America and the world-at-large; and fans of his one-man shows, his many movies, and Rescue Me, Leary’s Golden Globe and Emmy–nominated television show. Why We Suck is the latest salvo from one of America’s most original and biting comic satirists.




Rating: - Great book!
This book was great. It had a lot of great points and good laughs.

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Rating: - Are you kidding me? Humor? NOT!
What??? (12 years in the Army would have me saying something else here, were it not a public forum...)

According to Mr. Leary, children with autism "are not autistic, just stupid. Or lazy. Or both." Excuse me?

Another mother put it best:
"If Mr. Leary had ever been in the presence of an autistic child, he would CLEARLY see that it has nothing to do with laziness or stupidity. Often these children are smart and active. They just have no skills for channeling and focusing ... Read More

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Rating: - Diamond in the (very) rough!
For those of us with a "50's" upbringing this is about 35% a bit crude but the remaining 65% is intelligent, insightful and fun. I can recommend it!

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Rating: - Really?!
Wow--he (and his material) got old! Note to DL: Clinton got that bj almost a dozen years ago, and Anna Nicole Smith has been in the ground for two.

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Rating: - great read
Written by DR.Denis Leary, this book delivers also. It's funny, sarcastic, clever, and brings back memories of one's own youth. Must be all Catholic families are the same no matter where you grow up! Some truths never change. Keep up the good work, DR. Leary.

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