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32/100Critics
34/100Scholars
Author:
Chuck Klosterman
Publisher:
Penguin Press
Date:
February 8, 2022
The author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs returns with a critical look back at 1990s culture and the psychic ambivalence of Generation X.
What The Reviewers Say
There’s no one more qualified to write [this] than Chuck Klosterman. Always an astute cultural observer and a fan of deep dives into any subject, Klosterman is focused here on a decade in American life that he says is often portrayed as 'a low-risk grunge cartoon'.
It is a thoughtful and engaging trip down the Gen-X rabbit hole.
Compared with the average cultural critic today, whose sensibility was likely shaped by ardent online fandoms and obsessions, Klosterman is cool, even detached. You can find that off-putting, or you can find it (as I do) a refreshing change.
His extended description of the dreaded AOL login sequence, with its dial tone, beeps and white noise is positively masterful. He’ll deftly slip in a one-liner.
