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Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back [Paperback]

Michael Musto
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September 1, 2011
Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back is a rollicking, hilarious, and cutting view of our pop culture and how it got that way. With an introduction by Musto explaining how he became addicted to gossip, it takes us--in different sections--through his zingiest Village Voice columns about the celebrities he's encountered who most needed help; the ones who dazzled; the nightclubs that dizzied; and the items that titillated.

A first-person observer of many scenes, Musto immerses himself into his pieces, gaining extraordinary access and also making remarkable admissions about his own experiences and foibles. And he's added some original essays about blogging, the celebrity closet, new media, and the allure of blind items. Pick up this "Fork" and turn to any page at random and you've got a mouthful.


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"Michael Musto is a genius." --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

MICHAEL MUSTO writes the popular entertainment column "La Dolce Musto" in the Village Voice and the breathlessly opinionated blog La Daily Musto on villagevoice.com. He's a regular commentator all over TV, talking about pop cultural developments with sardonic glee. The New York Times calls him “the city’s most punny, raunchy, and self referential gossip columnist." Said Publishers Weekly, his last book was "full of adulation, cattiness, and sexual innuendo...Musto’s witty ridicule is pithy.” This is Musto's fourth book.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Vantage Point (September 1, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1936467100
  • ISBN-13: 978-1936467105
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars PARTY MONSTER with an Agenda and a Notepad December 13, 2011
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FORK ON THE LEFT, KNIFE IN THE BACK is Michael Musto's fourth book, a collection of his popular columns from New York-based THE VILLAGE VOICE. Musto's writing is witty and engaging and there are some real gems in here, especially the interviews and profiles with fringe celebrities like Sandra Bernhard, Crispin Glover, Kiki & Herb, Michael Lucas, Douglas Carter Beane, Sarah Silverman, Paris Hilton and others of such ilk. He covers NYC nightlife from the late 80s (most impressively in a 1987 essay on the death of the downtown scene) to the infamous Michael Alig years. Some of the pieces seem a bit dated, with references to Ellen's coming out, Lindsay Lohan and the let's-all-pile-on GIGLI. The book covers three decades and is not in order by date, but in a mishmash of chapters (i.e. "Weirdo's Are My Heroes") that playfully decodes the essays there within. When I went of to college in 1988 I subscribed to THE VILLAGE VOICE and read it religiously in the cafeteria - I'm sure I was the only person at Jacksonville State U who did this. Musto's column took me to place I couldn't imagine, which is why THE VILLAGE VOICE, along with the films of Woody Allen, are my Disney - to me they represented people and places that to me were a fantasy, a confederacy of names and streets that I would never get to see. When I make my bi-annual trips to the city now I see places represented by that time but the attitude is gone - the SLAVES OF NEW YORK, SPY magazine-era is long since over, leaving only Donald Trump, RuPaul and, well, Michael Musto standing in the post-Tawana Brawley landscape.
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3.0 out of 5 stars silly February 24, 2013
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you have to really love michael musto to love this book. I miss reading him in the Voice since I moved out of town, but discovered I don't really enjoy reading so many of his columns all at once.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THIS A FUNNY BOOK! November 2, 2011
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This book is soooo funny I could not put it down. I've actually read it like three times. I've grown up reading Mr. Musto's column in the Village Voice and the man like fine wine gets better with age. I would recommend this book to anybody that likes popular culture but more importantly likes to laugh! I hope he writes more books.
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