American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures

by Willie Geist

Book Overview

In a series of hilarious yet bitingly satirical essays, Geist captures the absurdity of today's pseudo-celebrity-obsessed culture. Among other things, he reveals, for the first time anywhere, Sarah Palin's 2012 inauguration speech, broadcast to a national audience live from the site of WWE's 'Monday Night Raw'. He then moves on to the Bernie Madoff Celebrity Roast in Hell, with Roastmaster Pol Pot providing the laughs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401323944
• ISBN13: 9781401323943
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher