Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

By Chuck Klosterman,

Book cover of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Book description

With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, breakfast cereal, serial killers, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the real difference between apples and oranges (of…

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1 author picked Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Culture critic Chuck Klosterman is essentially the next-gen Hunter S. Thompson. This book is a stream of consciousness foray into contemporary pop culture, ranging from essays on sports to music to reality TV. It’s an odd, brilliant, self-indulgent take on the American zeitgeist. Feel smart and have a laugh at the same time.

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