Reviews

Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's America by Joe Queenan

msmandrake's review against another edition

5.0

Update 4/19 I was actually looking for another book and found this and ended up rereading it. Did I just reread it year before last? I see I did. It's a classic. Even though it is 20 years old, he does mention that you can't get rid of mediocrity, it just replaces itself, so it's easy to think of what he could have been referring to if it were updated today. And some of the awful authors he mentions are still cranking them out....

This book is beginning to be a bit dated, but is still wonderfully snarky.

stevereally's review against another edition

3.0

Think I read and liked this a dozen or so years ago but can't really remember much about it. Maybe 3 stars?

satyridae's review

3.0

Hilarious cultural critique from Queenan. I love his snark, but find that it gets a bit thin by the last half of the book.

Perfect for elitist snob-heads like me, though.