{"product_id":"9781429936361","title":"Balsamic Dreams: A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eRed Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon\u003c\/i\u003e takes aim at the boomer generation in a hilarious work of social commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's become fashionable to vilify baby boomers. Professional iconoclast and baby boomer Joe Queenan, however, takes a somewhat more benign position: Yes, the baby boomers are venal, self-obsessed egomaniacs blighted by an insalubrious interest in things like the provenance of their neighbors' balsamic vinegar. But this does not make them the \"worst generation\" -- it just makes them the most annoying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBalsamic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, Queenan chronicles the evolution of his generation and critiques its current condition in chapters such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--J'Accuse: a bold indictment of the boomers' greatest transgressions, past and present \u003cbr\u003e--Ten Days That Rocked the World: in which Queenan identifies the precise moments things went awry (#1: the release of Carole King's \u003ci\u003eTapestry\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e--Careful, the Staff Might Hear You: an examination of the unspoken, nefarious alliance between baby boomers and Generation X\u003cbr\u003e--American History: The B-Sides: an alternative version of the Republic as played out with baby boomers in the starring roles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA measured (if a tad cranky) assessment of a generation whose greatest sin lies in confusing lifestyle for life and pop culture for culture, \u003ci\u003eBalsamic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is fresh, funny, and irresistible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141775900912,"sku":"9781429936361","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429936361_p0.jpg?v=1769902278","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429936361","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}