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Dispatches from the Tenth Circle: The Best of the Onion

by Robert Siegel and The Onion Staff Writers

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ISBN13: 9780609808344
ISBN10: 0609808346
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Publisher Comments:

"The Onion is laugh-out-loud, go-tell-your-friends, get-angry-you-didn't-think-of-it funny."<BR>-Conan O'Brien <BR>"Outside of maybe Dario Fo, an Italian who few are sure exists, the Onion people make the most consistently perfect and excoriating social commentary we currently have. But will those Nobel bastards honor them, too? Only God, our merciless and just God, knows."<BR>-Dave Eggers <BR>"The funniest publication in the United States."<BR>-Th"e New Yorker <BR>"This publication is tasteless and destructive to our shared values. Read it for yourself and you'll see what I mean. Seriously, what else could make me laugh-much less laugh uproariously-while being offended week after week after week?"<BR>-Al Gore <BR>"The Onion is the funniest thing in news since Dan Rather's spooky stare."<BR>-Matt Groening <BR>"Brutal satire that rushes into the far reaches of race, class, sexuality, and culture where many publications-and critics-fear to tread."<BR>-"Chicago Tribune <BR>"The Onion, unlike any other entity in our media culture, offers a refreshingly honest look at our complicated life."<BR>-Ken Burns

Review:

"With a surfeit of social/cultural commentary subtexts, some savage, The Onion has more layers than one might think. This collection offers thoroughly entertaining stuff like 'Nation's Last Themeless Restaurant Closes' and 'New Study Too Frightening to Release.'...Some pieces are short ('Ritalin Cures Next Picasso'), some long, and this collection, with more than 500 b&w photos, illustrations, charts and maps, garners genuine guffaws. No matter how you slice it, The Onion has appeal." Publishers Weekly

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"The Onion is laugh-out-loud, go-tell-your-friends, get-angry-you-didn?t-think-of-it funny." Conan O?Brien

Review:

"Outside of maybe Dario Fo, an Italian who few are sure exists, the Onion people make the most consistently perfect and excoriating social commentary we currently have. But will those Nobel bastards honor them, too? Only God, our merciless and just God, knows." Dave Eggers

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"The funniest publication in the United States." The New Yorker

Review:

"This publication is tasteless and destructive to our shared values. Read it for yourself and you?ll see what I mean. Seriously, what else could make me laugh — much less laugh uproariously — while being offended week after week after week?" Al Gore

Review:

"The Onion is the funniest thing in news since Dan Rather?s spooky stare." Matt Groening

Review:

"Brutal satire that rushes into the far reaches of race, class, sexuality, and culture where many publications — and critics — fear to tread." Chicago Tribune

Review:

"The Onion, unlike any other entity in our media culture, offers a refreshingly honest look at our complicated life." Ken Burns

About the Author

The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication. Its first book, Our Dumb Century, was a New York Times #1 bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

The Onion can be found at www.theonion.com and on newsstands nationwide.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780609808344
Subtitle:
The Best of the Onion
Editor:
Siegel, Robert
Editor:
Siegel, Robert
Author:
Hanson, Todd
Author:
Loew, Mike
Author:
Kolb, Carol
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press (CA)
Location:
New York
Subject:
American wit and humor
Subject:
Topic - Political
Subject:
Humor
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
107-33
Publication Date:
September 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
10.96x8.57x.55 in. 1.31 lbs.

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