Overview
The New York Times bestselling, irreverently funny reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments by Penn?Jillette--atheist, skeptic, and the larger, louder half of the magic duo Penn?& Teller. In God, No!, Penn blends secular comedy, satire of the Ten Commandments, and personal memoir with sharp-witted flair. From performing on the Las Vegas strip, mingling with Siegfried?&?Roy, to fatherhood and ongoing debates with proselytizers of the Christian Right, Penn shares his atheist memoir with outrageous humor. Packed with tales of sex while scuba-diving, magic on stage, and fearless skepticism, God, No! offers a uniquely entertaining, life-affirming freethinker memoir that redefines belief, morality, and laughter.
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Author: Penn Jillette
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.218kg
ISBN: 9781451610376
ISBN 10: 1451610378
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 05 June 2012
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""Jillette has made a career as a provocateur, and it is tempting to dismiss this book as another piece of carny shtick, but there is a forceful intelligence at work here that demands to be taken seriously. He has shaped his argument with care."" --""Daniel Stashower, "" Washington Post Book World ""Penn Jillette is a 21st-century Lordof Misrule: big, boisterously anarchic, funny, Rabelaisian, impossible--andunique. There isn't--couldn't be--better not be--anybody like him."" --Richard Dawkins, bestselling author of""The Greatest Show on Earth"" and ""The God Delusion"" ""People who say that libertarians have no heart or atheists have no soul need to read this book. Because Penn Jillette has a lot of both."" ""--Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of ""South Park ""and award-winning Broadway musical"" The Book of Mormon ""There are few people in the country who question more boldly, brashly and bravely than my friend Penn Jillette. This book is funny, provocative and profane. But is it right? God, no!"" --""Glenn Beck"" ""This planet has yielded exactly one mutual friend for Glenn Beck and me and that friend has written a brilliant book called ""God, No!. ""Penn reveals 'the big secret of magic, ' tells you why tattoos are perfect expressions of atheism and exactly what to eat when you know you're going to vomit later."" --""Lawrence O' Donnell""
Jillette has made a career as a provocateur, and it is tempting to dismiss this book as another piece of carny shtick, but there is a forceful intelligence at work here that demands to be taken seriously. He has shaped his argument with care. --Daniel Stashower, Washington Post Book World
Author Information
Penn Jillette is a cultural phenomenon as a solo personality and as half of the world-famous Emmy Award-winning magic duo Penn & Teller. His solo exposure is enormous: from Howard Stern to Glenn Beck to the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. He has appeared on Dancing with the Stars, MTV Cribs, and Chelsea Lately and hosted the NBC game show Identity. As part of Penn & Teller, he has appeared more than twenty times on David Letterman, as well as on several other TV shows, from The Simpsons and Friends to Top Chef and The View. He cohosts the controversial series Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, which has been nominated for sixteen Emmy Awards. He is currently cohost of the Discovery Channel's Penn & Teller Tell a Lie and the author of God, No! and Presto.
