"If your book's subtitle is *Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World*, you have a lot to live up to—and somehow Mike Edison does . . . Edison seems to have nine lives and enjoys every moment of each of them to the fullest . . . His journey takes him around the world, but he always returns to magazine writing, and his insider scoop on these bizarre workplaces is what, finally, makes this memoir truly memorable." —*Penthouse*"Cooler than Toby Young and more credible than James Frey."—*Bookforum*"Will have you alternately envying Edison and being glad you've avoided such encounters." —*New York Daily News*"Gloriously told . . . Surprisingly intelligent." —*SF Weekly*"[Edison's] an engaging, sardonic guide to some of magazinedom's more disreputable territories." —*Entertainment Weekly*"Brash, irreverent, funny as hell and beautifully written."—*PopMatters*words : 132118