Finalist for the NBCC award for Criticism. "Ugresic is sharp, funny and unafraid. . . . Orwell would approve."--Times Literary Supplement Over the past three decades, Dubravka Ugresic has established herself as one of Europe"s greatest--and most entertaining--thinkers and creators, and it's in her essays that Ugresic is at her sharpest. With laser focus, she pierces our pop culture, dissecting the absurdity of daily life...