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Klosterman is the author of eleven books, including two novels and the essay collection sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs. When chuck klosterman picks up the phone in early june, hes taking a brief breather after flying around america to promote his tenth book, chuck klosterman x, a collection of essays and. For 6,557 miles, chuck klosterman thought about dying. New york timesbestselling author and cultural critic chuck klosterman sorts through the. Discover book depositorys huge selection of chuck klosterman books online. Chuck klosterman is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books including sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs. His latest book, i wear the black hat, a collection of essays was published in 20.
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Charles john chuck klosterman is an american popculture journalist, critic, humorist, and essayist. Theres football, richard linklater, malcolm gladwell, chuck berry, copernicus, kafka, grand theft auto. Chuck klosterman is the new york times bestselling author of six books of nonfiction including sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs and i wear the black hat and two novels downtown owl and the visible. This one won beating out chuck klosterman s iv and yet more adventures of sherlock holmes feast of murder is the sixth book in the gregor demarkian holiday series, directly following a great day for the deadly, and i can thankfully say that snakes were nowhere to be. Cultural critic chuck klosterman talks with popmatters about his new book, downtown owl, his regrets about an old one, and that he might next get into making documentary films. Chuck klostermans ninth book, but what if were wrong. Read chuck klostermans bio and get latest news stories and articles.
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