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Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
Ascent of the AWord Assholism the First Sixty Years
Author: Geoffrey Nunberg
It went from the mouths of WWII servicemen to the typewriter of a young Norman Mailer. By the 1970s it had become a staple of Neil Simon plays and Woody Allen movies. In 2000, George W. Bush accidentally uttered it on a live mic and sparked a debate as to whether that made him a man of the people, or just an asshole. Ours is the age of assholism...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781610391757
ISBN-10: 1610391756
Publication Date: 8/14/2012
Pages: 272
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Publisher: PublicAffairs
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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