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Named A Best Book of 2011 by the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Boston Globe and Entertainment Weekly

A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America''s cultural landscapefrom high to low to lower than lowby the award-winning young star of the literary nonfiction world.

In Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on an exhilarating tour of our popular, unpopular, and at times completely forgotten culture. Simultaneously channeling the gonzo energy of Hunter S. Thompson and the wit and insight of Joan Didion, Sullivan shows uswith a laidback, erudite Southern charm that''s all his ownhow we really (no, really) live now.

In his native Kentucky, Sullivan introduces us to Constantine Rafinesque, a nineteenth-century polymath genius who concocted a dense, fantastical prehistory of the New World. Back in modern times, Sullivan takes us to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the alumni and st

Pulphead

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      Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
      Published 25 October 2011
      ISBN-13 9780374532901
      978-0374532901
      ISBN-10 0374532907
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Named A Best Book of 2011 by the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Boston Globe and Entertainment Weekly

      A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America''s cultural landscapefrom high to low to lower than lowby the award-winning young star of the literary nonfiction world.

      In Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on an exhilarating tour of our popular, unpopular, and at times completely forgotten culture. Simultaneously channeling the gonzo energy of Hunter S. Thompson and the wit and insight of Joan Didion, Sullivan shows uswith a laidback, erudite Southern charm that''s all his ownhow we really (no, really) live now.

      In his native Kentucky, Sullivan introduces us to Constantine Rafinesque, a nineteenth-century polymath genius who concocted a dense, fantastical prehistory of the New World. Back in modern times, Sullivan takes us to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the alumni and st

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