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Expect the Worst: You Won't Be Disappointed : Pessimistic Thoughts on Life, People, Relationships, Family, Work, Politics, and the State of the Worl
Expect the Worst You Won't Be Disappointed Pessimistic Thoughts on Life People Relationships Family Work Politics and the State of the Worl
Author: Eric Marcus
ISBN-13: 9780062509970
ISBN-10: 0062509977
Publication Date: 9/1992
Pages: 127
Edition: 1st ed
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Paperback
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A small book with a humorous look at the dark side of life. "Gleefully reminding us that life is just an angst-filled prelude to death, Eric Marcus has assembled the drolly dire insights of famous pessimists and everyday cynics who know that the glass is indeed half empty. Celebrate the plight we call life with dozens of part- and full-time grouches--Woody Allen, Fran Lebowitz, Henry Miller, Anne Sexton, Clarence Darrow, Albert Einstein, Malcolm Forbes, and many more-- who irreverently accentuate the absurdity of relationships, families, money, religion, politics and health; the inevitability of wrinkles, cellulite, war, and famine; and the sanity-saving value of a health dose of cynicism."