Chuck Klosterman IV by Chuck Klosterman audiobook

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

By Chuck Klosterman
Read by Chuck Klosterman

Simon & Schuster Audio
5.08 Hours Abridged
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Coming off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman assembles his best work previously unavailable in book form—including the groundbreaking 1996 piece about his chicken McNuggets experiment, his uncensored profile of Britney Spears, and a previously unpublished short story—all recontextualized in Chuck’s unique voice with new intros, outros, segues, and masterful footnotes. Chuck Klosterman IV consists of three parts: Things That Are True—Profiles and trend stories: Britney Spears, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Metallica, Val Kilmer, Bono, Wilco, the White Stripes, Steve Nash, Morrissey, Robert Plant—all with new introductions and footnotes. Things That Might Be True—Opinions and theories on everything from monogamy to pirates to robots to super people to guilt, and (of course) Advancement—all with new hypothetical questions and footnotes. Something That Isn’t True At All—This is old fiction. There’s a new introduction, but no footnotes. Well, there’s a footnote in the introduction, but none in the story.

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A New York Times bestseller

Coming off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman assembles his best work previously unavailable in book form—including the groundbreaking 1996 piece about his chicken McNuggets experiment, his uncensored profile of Britney Spears, and a previously unpublished short story—all recontextualized in Chuck’s unique voice with new intros, outros, segues, and masterful footnotes.

Chuck Klosterman IV consists of three parts:

Things That Are True—Profiles and trend stories: Britney Spears, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Metallica, Val Kilmer, Bono, Wilco, the White Stripes, Steve Nash, Morrissey, Robert Plant—all with new introductions and footnotes.

Things That Might Be True—Opinions and theories on everything from monogamy to pirates to robots to super people to guilt, and (of course) Advancement—all with new hypothetical questions and footnotes.

Something That Isn’t True At All—This is old fiction. There’s a new introduction, but no footnotes. Well, there’s a footnote in the introduction, but none in the story.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“All the various factions of Klosterman-followers—thoughtful admirers, rabid idolators, thoughtful detractors, rabid player-haters—will find something in his fourth book to satisfy their wants.”  New York Times
“Klosterman…churns out intelligent pieces on fame’s absurdity.”  Entertainment Weekly
“This collection of previously published essays…definitely has kick.”  Publishers Weekly
“Entertaining…Contradictions and silliness best exemplify this collection. Klosterman’s writing is funny and smart.”  Booklist
One of America's top cultural critics. Entertainment Weekly
Mr. Klosterman makes good, smart company. The New York Times
He's perfect junk food for the soul. The Los Angeles Times Book Review

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Author Bio: Chuck Klosterman

Author Bio: Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books, two novels, and a short story collection. He has written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, London GuardianBillboard, GQ, and more. He served as the ethicist for the New York Times Magazine for three years, appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 5.08
Audience: Adult
Language: English