Skipping Towards Gomorrah
by Dan Savage
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Author: Dan SavageEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-30
ISBN: 0452284163
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Plume
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Book Review: Highly recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed reading this book; Mr Savage is quite a good writer. He's quite pragmatically minded and repeatedly hits the nail on the head. (When is the next flight to Gomorrah?) He's right about how wonderful the USA really is despite all of our problems.
As to the writers who think that America is going down the sewer, I recommend getting the book "USA Confidential" by Jack Lait & Lee Mortimer, and reading at least the introduction where the authors claim that the US is horribly corrupt, going down the sewer, and having all kinds of vices. The book was published in -- 1952. (I know all this because I have a copy, and it's sitting in front of me as I type this). So much for the idea that in the 1950's everyone was virtuous & acted & thought virtuous. Actually it is my understanding that the 50's were one of the worst possible decades to live through. The only good things to come out of the 1950's were rock & roll and the civil rights movement.
I hope that Dan Savage writes more books like this one, and hope that the "conservative pundits" and wannabe "culture warriors" read his books.
As an aside, when people speak about "traditional family values" or just "family values", which particular set are they promoting? Every human group has its own set of "values", even here in the US there are probably hunderds of sets of "values".
Summary of Skipping Towards Gomorrah
In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particular delight in their sinful pursuits. Among them:
- Greed: Gamblers reveal secrets behind outrageous fortune.
- Lust: "We're swingers!"-you won't believe who's doing it.
- Anger: Texans shoot off some rounds and then listen to Dan fire off on his own about guns, gun control, and the Second Amendment.
Combine a unique history of the Seven Deadly Sins, a new interpretation of the biblical stories of Sodom and Gomorrah, and enough Bill Bennett, Robert Bork, Pat Buchanan, Dr. Laura, and Bill O'Reilly bashing to more than make up for their incessant carping, and you've got the most provocative book of the fall.
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