{"product_id":"subculture-vulture-a-memoir-in-six-scenes","title":"Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the hilarious stand-up comic Moshe Kasher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER . A \"hilarious\" (Dax Shepard), \"surprisingly emotional trip\" (The Chainsmokers) through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the writer and comedian Moshe Kasher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Part history lesson, part standup set and, often, part love letter . . . Kasher's ability to blend humor with homework works almost too well.\"-The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter bottoming out, being institutionalized, and getting sober all by the tender age of fifteen, Moshe Kasher found himself asking- \"What's next?\"Over the ensuing decades, he discovered the answer- a lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was his time as a boy-king of Alcoholics Anonymous, a kind of pubescent proselytizer for other teens getting and staying sober. He was a rave promoter turned DJ turned sober ecstasy dealer in San Francisco's techno warehouse party scene of the 1990s. For fifteen years he worked as a psychedelic security guard at Burning Man, fishing hippies out of hidden chambers they'd constructed to try to sneak into the event. As a child of deaf parents, Kasher became deeply immersed in deaf culture and sign language interpretation, translating everything from end-of-life care to horny deaf clients' attempts to hire sex workers. He reconnects and tries to make peace with his ultra-Hasidic Jewish upbringing after the death of his father before finally settling into the comedy scene where he now makes his living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these scenes gets a gonzo historiographical rundown before Kasher enters the narrative and tells the story of the lives he has spent careening from one to the next.A razor-sharp, gut-wrenchingly funny, and surprisingly moving tour of some of the most wildly distinct subcultures a person can experience, Subculture Vulture deftly weaves together memoir and propulsive cultural history. It's a story of finding your people, over and over again, in different settings, and of knowing without a doubt that wherever you are is where you're supposed to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42614074605702,"sku":"9780593231371","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/8323\/5974\/files\/9780593231371.jpg?v=1763143683","url":"https:\/\/bookoutpostusa.com\/products\/subculture-vulture-a-memoir-in-six-scenes","provider":"Book Outpost","version":"1.0","type":"link"}