DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE

New York City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 2005. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 2005. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 225 pages. The author's second collection of essays. One of David Rakoff's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Publisher's "Autographed Copy" round white sticker pasted in front. Presents David Rakoff's "Don't Get Too Comfortable". The lengthy subtitle says it all: "The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low-Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest For Artisanal Olive Oil, And Other First World Problems". "Journeys into the land of plenty that is contemporary America. Rarely have greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity been so mercilessly and wittily portrayed. Whether contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good times and chicken wings of Hooters Air, portraying the rarefied universe of Paris fashion shows where an evening dress can cost as much as four years of college, or traveling to a private island off the coast of Belize to cover a Playboy TV shoot, where he is provided with his very own personal manservant, David Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess, delving into the manic getting and spending that defines the American way of life. At once a Wildean satire of our culture of over-consumption and a plea for a little human decency, a bitingly funny grand tour of our special circle of hell" (Publisher's blurb). Our very own Oscar Wilde? Yes, our very own Oscar Wilde. An absolute "must-have" title for David Rakoff collectors. This Autographed Copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by David Rakoff. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of very few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Almost ALL copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID RAKOFF TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0385510365.