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The Areas of My Expertise

An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order

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The Areas of My Expertise

Auteur(s): John Hodgman
Narrateur(s): John Hodgman
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 Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously) - a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom - all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius.©2005 John Hodgman; (P)2006 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Divertissement et célébrités Drôle Spirituel Useful Knowledge

Ce que les critiques en disent

"Wonderfully absurd."
—The New York Times

"Hilarious . . . Nabokov's Pale Fire as directed by Wes Anderson."
—Time Out New York

"If Borges and Ben Franklin got drunk and decided to write a book together, the result might have been something a lot like this freaky 'almanac'."
—Tom Perrotta

"Even if you buy this book for the 700 hobo names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth."
—Dave Eggers

"A book of absurd tall tales, tables and charts spun from the warped brain of John Hodgman . . . Impressively eclectic."
—The Los Angeles Times
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Unquestionably the best audiobook version of a book that ever existed.

I know this is kind of nuts, but this series of books is the only one I have read multiple times. Every other book sucks after the first read. Not this one.

One of my favorite books

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John Hodgman's first of three books of fake facts or "complete world knowledge" is so incredible, but it's more than just a book being read by the author, Hodgman takes his already hilarious work and turns it into an absolute performance with guests, musical accompaniment and more than what was ever on the page. It's dry, it's weird, but it's so amazing!

I've listened to this book 3 or 4 times already and I've bought it again here on Audible just to have it on hand wherever I am and so I can play it for whoever will listen.

Way more than just an Audiobook

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John Hodgman is the best. If you want a longer sample before you commit to a book, check out his podcast, “Judge John Hodgman”

12 stars!

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