A wickedly funny faux-children's biography recounts Young Dick Cheney’s youthful lust for guns, oil, and the girl of his dreams.
He was born among the big skies and cow pies of the Great American West. And yet from these humble beginnings, he would grow to become the most famous, most powerful Dick ever to inhabit the Vice Presidency. In this often shocking, frequently touching, clearly unauthorized biography, faux journalists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin (National Public Radio) reveal the inspiring and sometimes even true story of Richard B. Cheney—frontiersman, freedom fighter, fatty. Meticulously reported (including a footnote!) and lushly illustrated by renegade artist Tim Foley, this unprecedented, spell-checked triumph of painstaking conjecture brings to life the Dick nobody knows: a secretive yet sensitive boy from Wyoming with a shoot-from-the-hip, shoot-in-the-face style all his own. From his mischievous boyhood friendships, to his high-octane high school romance with the one girl who knew what made Dick tick, Young Dick Cheney: Great American is destined to be cherished by patriots and Democrats alike—a book that will captivate readers everywhere for months to come.
"At last, as Bush/Cheney staggers toward its final throes, here comes a book that pries back the door on our secretive Vice President and delivers a double-barreled blast of satiric buckshot. I predict Kluger and Slavin will be greeted as liberators!" — Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post
"This book is a hoot, a big hoot—a page-turner and a side-splitter that is so irreverent, its authors will undoubtedly soon be in the Witness Protection Program. Hide this book, read it alone in the dark—and fall down laughing!" — Phil Donahue, talk show pioneer
"This is a funny book. (I mean, I’m not going to say it’s the funniest thing in the world. That I reserve for my own work.)" — Mel Brooks, writer/producer/director
"Bring it with you to Gitmo." — Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann
"A must-have item for spring-break!" — Daily Kos
"If you've spent the last eight years gagging on Vice President Cheney and his hijinks, this should take the bad taste out of your mouth." — Lewis Black, Comedian/Host of Comedy Central's "Root Of All Evil"
BRUCE KLUGER is a writer, columnist and commentator whose work appears regularly in newspapers and magazines across the country, as well as on the Internet. A member of the Board of Contributors of USA Today, Bruce also frequently writes about fatherhood for Parenting magazine, and is a regular contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered, The Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, Time Out New York and the Huffington Post.
Formerly an editor of Playboy magazine and a DVD reviewer for Us Weekly, Bruce has written about current events, family and the popular culture for, among others, The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, Time.com, HuffingtonPost.com, Salon.com, Alternet.org, ForbesTraveler.com, Arrive (the Amtrak magazine), Time Out New York, Time Out New York Kids, NickJr.com and the Sesame Street Workshop. He is the co-author, with David Tabatsky, of "Dear President Obama: Letters of Hope from Children Across America" (Beckham Publications Group, Inc., 2009). Additionally, Bruce co-edited and/or contributed to the books "The Right Words at the Right Time" and "The Right Words at the Right Time, Vol. 2: Your Turn!" (Atria Books, 2002 and 2006) and "Thanks & Giving: All Year Long" (Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, 2004), all by Marlo Thomas. (The CD version of the latter book, for which Bruce served as Associate Producer, won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.)
Since 2001, Bruce has also been writing satire with David Slavin. Their work is regularly featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and in The Los Angeles Times; in dozens of syndicated newspapers around the country; and on countless sites on the Internet, notably The Huffington Post. Their books include "Young Dick Cheney: Great American" (AlterNet Books, 2008) and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas: 21st Century Edition" (Andrews McMeel, 2010).
Formerly an actor, Bruce appeared in the films "The Burning," "The Chosen," "Diner and "Playing For Keeps," and on the TV show "Diff'rent Strokes." Television enthusiasts might also remember Bruce from his three-year assignment as an on- air correspondent for the E! Channel's "The Gossip Show."
This review is from: Young Dick Cheney: Great American (Hardcover)
This book is wildly over the top and wonderful. I laughed all the way through it. You have to have been a political junkie for the last 7 years to get all the humor.
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There are plenty of negative things to say about our friend Dick Cheney, but Bruce Kluger and David Slavin do it with a particular comical gift. They manage to come at Dick with their relentless satire in a full frontal assault. If the cover photo doesn't make you laugh - or creep you out sufficiently - rest assured that there is lots more to follow... and it keeps pace right to the end. There are even a few lascivious details about young Dick and Lynne's budding romance, which made me want to put the book down and wash out my eyes with bleach, but the humor kept me going.
Highly recommended for its satirical take on such a terrifying figure and the off-beat format to the book.
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Young Dick Cheney is hilarious beginning even at the dedication, until the hilarious ending (and I only WISH Curious George W. Books existed!) It's so absurd, but hysterically so! I'll admit, I thought it would be factual anecdotes with added mockeries, but I was definitely fine with settling for complete illogical mockery. It really makes me wonder what Cheney was like as a kid/teen. Oh, scary scary thoughts. Loved it, an amazingly snarky book for anyone who absolutely loves mocking Cheney and his idiocy.
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