Official Slacker Handbook [Paperback]

Sarah Dunn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1994

The '90's answer to The Preppie Handbook is a satiric, humorous and comprehensive critique, written by the ultimate slacker, that reveals rules, guidelines and recommendations for being a state-of-the-art slacker. The book features a hip MTV-like format with fast-cut sidebars, cartoons, photos, lists, quizzes and charts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (November 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446670588
• ISBN-13: 978-0446670586
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,639,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Amusing Book, October 18, 1999

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Evan Kennedy (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official Slacker Handbook (Paperback)

I'm so glad I can get this book over Amazon.Com. I never bought this book, but I have read it cover-to-cover many times in bookstores. I'm was too law-abiding to steal it, and I'd be embarrassed to admit I actually bought the thing.

Anyway, the book went out of print and I never saw it again and I rued the fact I never bought it. But joy! Here it is on Amazon.Com! I'm not letting it get away this time. I'll tell anyone who asks I shoplifted it.

This book totally had my number, it's very funny to see how she had pegged my lifestyle; or how I conformed to the book before reading it. I especially enjoyed "The Goatee through History"

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars record store slacker, May 29, 2004

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daisy mayhem "sica2305" (california, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official Slacker Handbook (Paperback)

i came across this book in a dollar bin, at the time i was working in an independent record store, drinking coffee all the time, and smoking way too many cigarettes. i thought it was brilliant. this book really summed up a time and a place, a grungy apathetic precurser to the hipsters of now. and though it no longer applies, i still love this book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sarah, I knew you when..., June 14, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Official Slacker Handbook (Paperback)

I remember when Sarah Dunn was hanging out in
slacker coffee shops in Philly, like the Last Drop, writing this book. Now's she's moved on up to NYC and is writing for Michael J. Fox's Spin City TV show. Not a bad career move. But Sarah, be assured, the slackers are still slacking in your old haunts.

This book, with its chaotic layout and graphics, its entertaining prose, and nail-on-the-head insights is a must for Generation X navel-gazers. My kid sister and I bookend this group (I'm 30, she's 20) and Sarah's book made for a great gift for the l'il shrimp.

Every generation needs a field guide; Sarah's is ours.