Why We Suck

By Denis Leary

Why We Suck - Denis Leary
  • Release Date: 2008-11-18
  • Genre: Humor
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 111 Ratings

Description

The New York Times bestseller

One of America’s most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary takes on all the poseurs, politicians, and pop culture icons who have sucked in public for far too long. Sparing no one, Leary zeroes in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it—his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics—with the same bright, savage, and profane insight he brought to his critically acclaimed one-man shows No Cure for CancerLock ’n Load.

Proudly Irish-American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are both penetrating social commentary with no holds barred and laugh-out-loud funny. As always, Leary’s impassioned comic perspective in Why We Suck is right on target.

Leary is the star and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated television show Rescue Me

Reviews

  • Good

    5
    By Parker Abena
    Great
  • Funny, intriguing

    5
    By Smoke after
    I haven't read a book in probably 8 years or so, and downloaded this before a flight. Couldnt put it down! I cold actually hear Denis Leary reading it to me, it's that good! Just get it!
  • American reflection

    5
    By Know1Knows
    It is a good reflection on modern day American society he uses a good sense of humor to shine light on todays social figured heads from Paris Hilton to Anna Nichole Smith in all a good read that leaves you wondering about what comes in through the tv
  • Lol

    5
    By ReadSpeed
    This is a really good laugh out loud read about America. This the greatest place on earth though!!
  • Very good

    5
    By SirQuiQui
    I got this a couple of days ago and it has surpassed my expectations of it. This is a very funny book, that is very well written, and really has quite a bit of truth in it. I had to stop reading it in class because I was cracking up so much.
  • Great book

    5
    By Dick73
    I read it on a plane and had to stop laughing out loud. (I was getting some strange looks.) Great book a lot of fun to read.