FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER & OTHER ADVENTURES WITH EVANGELICAL WRESTLERS,

FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER & OTHER ADVENTURES WITH EVANGELICAL WRESTLERS, POLITICAL HITMEN, & JEWISH COWBOYS One of the most gifted & entertaining journalists writing today, Matt Labash can extract comic humanity from even the most wary politicians, con artists, & rogueswhile shedding wisdom about the rich corners of our American experience. Fly Fishing with Darth Vader pulls together the best of Labash's feature writing & includes his masterful profiles of the outrageous characters who populate America's periphery, his loving & lacerating portraits of New Orleans & Detroit, & his hilarious tirades on the health hazards of Facebook & the virtues of dodgeball. Among other must-read essays, Labash chronicles Al Sharpton's eating habits, fishes the Snake River with Dick Cheney, & investigates the "great white waste of time" that is our neighbor to the north.Labash was born with a natural appreciation for the American scoundrel & a sense that life is one big chance for laughter. For those reasons, Fly Fishing with Darth Vader will be cherished & talked about for years. ISBN: 1-4391-5998-X publish date: 04/30/2011