Sex, Drugs, and Cocopuffs, has anyone read it? Options

[mathematiques]

has anyone here read Sex, Drugs, and Cocopuffs?
i'm trying really hard to get into it but it's really hard.
the author is funny but i don't know,
maybe because there's no plot.
anyone heard good things about it?

[clarissa]

i've only heard about it. i do know that it's one of my friend's favorite books, though.

[*Kathleen*]

I'm going to read it as soon as my friend's done reading his copy for the second time. I've only heard good things about it. In the one episode of "The O.C.," Seth was reading it. For those of you who have no idea what it's about, here's a summary from Amazon.com:

There's quite a bit of intelligent analysis and thought-provoking insight packed into the pages of Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, which is a little surprising considering how darn stupid most of Klosterman's subject matter actually is. Klosterman, one of the few members of the so-called "Generation X" to proudly embrace that label and the stereotypical image of disaffected slackers that often accompanies it, takes the reader on a witty and highly entertaining tour through portions of pop culture not usually subjected to analysis and presents his thoughts on Saved by the Bell, Billy Joel, amateur porn, MTV's The Real World, and much more. It would be easy in dealing with such subject matter to simply pile on some undergraduate level deconstruction, make a few jokes, and have yourself a clever little book. But Klosterman goes deeper than that, often employing his own life spent as a member of the lowbrow target demographic to measure the cultural impact of his subjects. While the book never quite lives up to the use of the word "manifesto" in the title (it's really more of a survey mixed with elements of memoir), there is much here to entertain and illuminate, particularly passages on the psychoses and motivations of breakfast cereal mascots, the difference between Celtic fans and Laker fans, and The Empire Strikes Back. Sections on a Guns n' Roses tribute band, The Sims, and soccer feel more like magazine pieces included to fill space than part of a cohesive whole. But when you're talking about a book based on a section of cultural history so reliant on a lack of attention span, even the incongruities feel somehow appropriate. --John Moe

[*This Confession*]

Ah I have to finish this book, I only read a few of the pages and then ended up buying a different book and got in to it. I liked the idea of the book and all.

It was weird though when I first heard the title it made me think of that Mark Leyner [and others] book something like Why do men fall asleep after sex, and why do men have nipples. Thats odd.

[*I Shot JFK*]

ok, so i heard the title of this book on... someone's myspace?

it sounded like some sort of trashy chick-lit... actually it sound spretty interesting. huzzah!

[*Kathleen*]

^ Yeah, it's quite the opposite of that.