Book Review: Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs

Wendy recently loaned me this book Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman, a book which I devoured in a pretty rapid reading.  Although in some respects there are a lot of essay writing authors on the scene right now- David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs come to mind right off the bat, I found this book uniquely funny.  Klosterman examines post-modern culture in a funny and frank manner that is itself ironically post-modern.  The book is essentially a series of essays in which Klosterman rants and raves in a generation X style of Dave Barry, describing his addiction to the virtual life game The Sims, his hatred of people who hate country music, his visit to the Association of Rock Critics convention, and other somewhat mundane events that he casts in a zany and comical light.  If nothing else, Klosterman gives insight into the deeper meanings of pop culture and its relationship to Generation X that one would not find else where or in such an entertaining form.

Comments

[Adam]

Klosterman has an article about the future of advertising and television in this month's Esquire that is relatively intelligent. I'll have to check this book out.

[Dakota rube]

You need to read Klosterman's new book. Can't recall the title (maybe Dying to Live?), but he travels across the country in a rental car with 604 compact discs to visit the locations where rock stars met their ends. Duane Allman, Buddy Holly, etc. Chuck is a deeply, deeply troubled young man, but quite a writer.