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Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid | 
 enlarge | Author: Dr. Denis Leary
Publisher: Viking Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 35
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0670031607
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780670031603
ASIN: 0670031607
Publication Date: November 18, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Product Description
A hilarious blast of scathing irreverence from the award-winning actor and comedian.
A pissed off Leary is the best Leary, says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why We Suck, Dr. Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the thin--basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously. He does so with the extra oomph of a doctorate bestowed upon him by his alma mater Emerson College. Sure its just a celebrity type of thing--they only gave it to me because Im famous. Leary explains. But its legal and it means I get to say Im a doctor--just like Dr. Phil.
In Why We Suck, Learys famously smart style and sardonic wit have found their fullest and fiercest expression yet. Zeroing in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it, Leary unravels 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 Cancer and Lock n Load, and his platinum-selling song, Asshole.
Proudly Irish American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are penetrating social commentary with no holds barred. Learys book will find wide appeal among people who want to laugh out loud or find a guide who matches their view of whats wrong in America and the world-at-large; and fans of his one-man shows, his many movies, and Rescue Me, Learys Golden Globe and Emmynominated television show. Why We Suck is the latest salvo from one of Americas most original and biting comic satirists.
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 Dennis Leary Sucks November 20, 2008
4 out of 19 found this review helpful
Dennis Leary was once one of the funniest stabd-up comics in the world.Now
he is one of the worst writers.Not a very smart trade Dennis.With matters
of psychiatry,it's best left to phychiarist's.With matters of prose and
non-fiction it's best left people who know the writing craft.Leary didn't
piss-off the parents and charitable organizations who deal with autistic
children because he doesn't believe autism is a real disability-he pissed
them off because his writing is worse than a person with autism or any
other mind damaging disease.Leary is afflicted with a common but very
serious disease called "Foot in mouth disease" which is common in older
comedians with the first name Dennis.In all cases it is fatal to thier
careers,so live it up while you can Dennis #2.
Hate to say it, but this was Terrible... November 20, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
There really is nothing more to say. This book was just awfully, horribly and sadly unoriginal.
I used to enjoy Leary's standup*
But it's pretty clear he's merely jumping on the celebrities-as-authors (because they don't have enough money, and think people care about their opinions, or that their opinions are worth anyone's time) bandwagon, which is just shameful.
IF this book was at all funny then I could stand him recycling his same old jokes, provided that there was new, complimentary, relevant or actually funny material (which there isn't). Then I might be able to stomach the idiotic opinions, but the punch lines aren't even worth while. Relying on shock value WITHOUT (let me stress this again) WITHOUT a comedic foundation is just a sad and desperate attempt to make a buck.
But I guess there is one thing we agree on: if you want to be a fat, loud, lazy and stupid person, this book will indeed waste your time (and maybe even an IQ point or two). But please, SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!
*[before I found out it was largely plagariaized; but that's a whole other story, worth researching if you don't know what I'm talking about...]
 Finally, GOD has spoken to us dumb americans! November 20, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is absolutely wonderful. americans are dumb and big corporations love it. they advertise, and we are like dumb zombies to buy and buy and too lazy to do the research. Denis nailed it.... and i love the book. facing stupidity is not bad, its keeping stupidity that makes you stupid so as a lazy and dumb american, i faced my stupidity by reading this book.
Couldn't stop laughing November 19, 2008
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
Hilarious. The kind of biting comedy that could only come from Denis Leary. The book tackles some of the most absurd things about our culture in a very funny and un-PC way. I would definitely recommend this book.
 delivers November 19, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
At first I wasn't quite sure what to expect in a book from Leary. Actually...what am I talking about I think I knew exactly what to expect. This book reads like his stand up act; fast furious and funny as $h!+. Dennis leaves no stone or unturned and basically turns pop culture into a bar-b-que. He skewers everyone from Dr. Phil to Britney's mom to terrorists and cats. I wish he would have gone a little farther into politics but maybe this was written before the general election...
Def not for the PC Crowd.
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