{"product_id":"9780973248159","title":"Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers and Unabashed Grafters","description":"\u003cp\u003eBob Edwards, the Great White North's equivalent to H. L. Mencken, remains a singular figure in Canadian journalism. His newspapers, published in Wetaskiwin, Leduc, High River, Strathcona, Winnipeg, Port Arthur, and most famously Calgary, skewered politics, society, and business leaders with a fearlessness and outrageousness rarely seen then, now, or in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs editor James Martin points out in his illuminating introduction, Bob Edwards seems more modern the farther back in history he recedes; he was the granddaddy of Gonzo Journalism à la Hunter S. Thompson, a freewheeling cultural critic in the spirit of Lester Bangs, a pioneer of satirical reform as evidenced in \u003ci\u003eFrank \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and a spoofer of the po-faced reporting of his day in precisely the same way that \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e is now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers and Unabashed Grafters\u003c\/i\u003e features mountains of Edwards's superb aphorisms, a generous helping of his longer and lesser-known works, and some choice items which have never before seen print, as well as miraculous archival discoveries and many cartoons from Edwards's celebrated \u003ci\u003eEye Opener.\u003c\/i\u003e It is a welcome addition to the Bob Edwards canon for those who thought they knew everything about him, and an eye-opening introduction to the uninitiated: \"He was writing this stuff a hundred years ago!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brindle \u0026 Glass Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029207171312,"sku":"9780973248159","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780973248159_p0.jpg?v=1763876513","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780973248159","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}