First published 2011
Talk radio host Laura Ingraham walks through a Northern Virginia mall and witnesses the signs of cultural apocalypse. Zombie teens text across cafe tables. A man gets his eyebrows threaded. A middle-aged woman squeezes into skinny jeans. Victoria's Secret ads assault young shoppers. Ingraham realizes America has become its own worst enemy. The culture we created now destroys us. Politicians debate debt and terrorism while a more dangerous homegrown threat emerges. We drown in ignorance, arrogance, and gluttony. Airplane seats shrink as passengers expand. Celebrity babies get named Apple and Bamboo. Parents tend virtual Farmville crops while children eat takeout. Breaking news means yesterday's events. Facebook becomes a verb and reading becomes ancient history. Ingraham guides readers through ten levels of cultural hell, offering satirical commentary on everything poisoning American society. This comic intervention from radio's most-listened-to woman ignites overdue national conversation about our self-inflicted wounds.
Genres: satire, american-fiction, american, 21st-century, cultural-studies
Vibes: fast-paced, satirical, thought-provoking
Tropes: satire, social-commentary
Setting: Northern Virginia
Period: 21st Century
308 pages · Hardcover · Threshold Editions