"Great fun!."--Ben Schott, author of Schott's Original Miscellany
"Sharp satire with a poetic heart"--The B&N Review
Written by newyorker.com humor contributor Seth Kaufman, The War Against Boredom is a hilarious assault on the mind-numbing effects of the modern world. Reverse-engineering obsessions with Big Data, the Internet, movies, coffee shops, pot, spying, rock stars, relationships and sex scandals, Kaufman morphs reality into comedy with 21 short stories and satirical columns. It's a must-read for fans of The Onion and Kaufman's acclaimed novels The King of Pain and Nuns with Guns.
Notable skirmishes in The War Against Boredom:
• A husband hires a business consultant to help improve his marriage.
• An assistant engineer recalls working with Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury and a llama.
• An insurance actuary becomes a star by decoding the odds for the Academy Awards.
• A caustic National Security Administration advice columnist answers questions and exposes employees.
• Cheech and Chong reunite over a golden hookah.
• A techie conducts an old school search for love in the intriguing "Segway in Overdrive."
