Mencken Award of the Free Press Association. About the Author Paul Fussell, critic, essayist, and cultural commentator, has recently won the H. Wilfrid Sheed The Atlantic A fine prickly pear of a book.Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class. Alison Lurie The New York Times Book Review A shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nations newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment.

The Washington Post Move over, William Buckley. Review Quotes Chicago Sun-Times Highly amusing.a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book.fussell hits the mark. Detailing the lifestyles of each class, from the way they dress and where they live to their education and hobbies, Class is sure to entertain, enlighten, and occasionally enrage readers as they identify their own place in society and see how the other half lives. Based on careful research and told with grace and wit, Paul Fessell shows how everything people within American society do, say, and own reflects their social status. Book Synopsis The bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched guide to the ins-and-outs of the American class system with a detailed look at the defining factors of each group, from customs to fashion to housing. Funny, insightful, and at times outrageous, Class is guaranteed to amuse everyone, from high-class to low. About the Book In his highly entertaining observations of class in America, Fussell shows how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own.

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