The Areas of My Expertise is a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom—all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius. In an age when fake facts are all the rage, John Hodgman proves he is a man ahead of his time.
Look out for John Hodgman's latest book, Vacationland, available from Viking in Fall 2017.
"Wonderfully absurd." —The New York Times
"Hilarious . . . Nabokov's Pale Fire as directed by Wes Anderson." —Time Out New York
"If Borges and Ben Franklin got drunk and decided to write a book together, the result might have been something a lot like this freaky 'almanac'." —Tom Perrotta
"Even if you buy this book for the 700 hobo names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth." —Dave Eggers
"A book of absurd tall tales, tables and charts spun from the warped brain of John Hodgman . . . Impressively eclectic." —The Los Angeles Times
John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, That Is All, and Vacationland. He is the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman podcast and also contributes a weekly column under the same name for The New York Times Magazine.
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The Areas of My Expertise is a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom—all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius. In an age when fake facts are all the rage, John Hodgman proves he is a man ahead of his time.
Look out for John Hodgman's latest book, Vacationland, available from Viking in Fall 2017.
Praise
"Wonderfully absurd." —The New York Times
"Hilarious . . . Nabokov's Pale Fire as directed by Wes Anderson." —Time Out New York
"If Borges and Ben Franklin got drunk and decided to write a book together, the result might have been something a lot like this freaky 'almanac'." —Tom Perrotta
"Even if you buy this book for the 700 hobo names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth." —Dave Eggers
"A book of absurd tall tales, tables and charts spun from the warped brain of John Hodgman . . . Impressively eclectic." —The Los Angeles Times
John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, That Is All, and Vacationland. He is the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman podcast and also contributes a weekly column under the same name for The New York Times Magazine.
View titles by John Hodgman
