The Rants

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             This is "a collection of 43 monologues originally delivered on {the author's} cable television program, 'Dennis Miller Live.'" (N Y Times Book Rev)
             There's good news for those who rage at the evening news, shake their heads at Washington's business as usual, or watch as politicians carom from social crises to political crises to economic crises: Dennis Miller is here, and he means to shake the nation by its lapels. Miller takes no prisoners. Whether the subject is dope addled baseball players who can no longer swing their bats, do-nothing politicians who devote their careers to creating meaningful sound bites, or the nation's resigned acceptance of violence as a way of American life, these thematically arranged monologues are funny and angry. More significantly, they shatter the conventions of comedy by simultaneously making us laugh, think, and seethe.
             You've seen Miller on HBO, where his anger-fueled (and Emmy Award-winning) monologues inspire fans to chant "the rants, the rants." Now catch him
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