Synopsis
Former Saturday Night Live writer Al Franken directs his satiric skills at two large targets: the George W. Bush administration and the right-wing media embodied by Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and others. While Franken is as outrageous here as he was in his previous RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, he was taken very seriously by Fox News Channel which initiated a lawsuit just prior to publication, claiming copyright infringement because his subtitle borrows their "fair and balanced" phrase. The judge in the case declared the suit to be wholly without merit, and Fox News subsequently dropped its suit.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2003-08-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 288 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 24.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
For the first time since his own classic RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, Al Franken trains his subversive wit directly on the contemporary political scene. Now, the "master of political humor" (Washington Times) destroys the myth of liberal bias in the media, and exposes how the Right shamelessly tries to deceive the rest of us.
No one is spared as Al uses the Right's own words against them. Not the Bush administration and their rhetorical hypocrisy. Not Ann Coulter and her specious screeds. Not the new generation of talk-radio hosts, and not Bill O'Reilly, Roger Ailes, and the entire Fox network. This is the book Al Franken fans have been waiting for (and his foes have been dreading). Timely, provocative, unfailingly honest, and always funny, LIES is sure to become the most talked about book of political humor in 2003 and beyond.
Industry Reviews
"[T]he book is funny."
New York Daily News - Sheryl Connelly (08/24/2003)
"The former 'Saturday Night Live' comic knows how to deliver a punch line along with a punch, as is evident in his new book....The book's tone careens between serious analysis and playground taunts."
Washington Post - Howard Kurtz (08/28/2003)
"In the kicking, spitting spirit of current all-star political discourse, Al Franken gives as good as he gets....Name calling, fact molding, gotcha!: all figure prominently in Mr. Franken's instant best seller LIES, just as they do in most of the books that LIES attacks. Whatever their partisanship, these sporting diatribes share two underlying attitudes: 'What gray area?' and 'It's all about me.'"
New York Times - Janet Maslin (09/02/2003)
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