The Areas Of My Expertise: A Compendium of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order by Mysel

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This is a brilliant and uproarious compendium of handy reference tables and fascinating trivia. Hot on the heels of the Schott's "Miscellany" series comes this brilliant and uproarious bestseller - a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia and sage wisdom, all of it completely unresearched, entirely undocumented and (presumably) wholly untrue, fabricated by the illuminating and prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, a certifiable genius.

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"Wonderfully absurd." - New York Times "Magnificent...An almanac of the absurd and an exercise in pointless humour (our favourite kind." - Entertainment Weekly "Hilarious. Nabokov's Pale Fire as directed by Wes Anderson." - Time Out New York "Even if you buy this book for the 700 hobo names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth." - Dave Eggers"

Author Bio

John Hodgman is a contributor to numerous magazines including, New York Times Magazine and McSweeney's. He also regularly appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He lives in New York City.