The Truth with Jokes by Al Franken (2005, Hardcover)

Synopsis
Political pundit and popular talk show host Al Franken follows his bestselling LIES (AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM) with THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES). Since his previous book, the Republicans have won a this-time-uncontested presidential election, and Franken has started up Air America, the liberal radio network. The "truth" part includes the facts, data, stats, etc. with which Franken hoists the Bushcons on their own petard. And the "jokes" part? For Franken, that's also the part where he--gleefully--hoists the Bushcons on their own petard.

Key Details
Author:	Al Franken
Language:	English
Publisher:	E.P. Dutton
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0525949062
ISBN-13:	9780525949060

Size
Length:	336 pages
Thickness:	1.8 in
Weight:	21.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Al Franken is Â?the perfect guy to write a book attacking AmericaÂ's nasty, mean, vicious right-wing pols, pundits and preachers,Â? wrote The Washington Post in its review of Lies. Â?But his book barely scratches the surface of the Bush administrationÂ's well-documented mendacity... Looks like Franken will have plenty of material for a sequel.Â?

The Republicans won the White House and Congress in November. In Fall 2005, Al Franken strikes back. His new book picks up where Lies and The Al Franken Show leave off. Armed with an arsenal of facts and research (and comedy!), Al is ready to take the fight to the Bush administration and their right-wing cronies. Intelligent, insightful, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny, AlÂ's hard-hitting work of political satire is poised to become the most talked about book of the year.

Praise for Lies
Â?Brilliant... A serious and riotous retort ... searingly funny.Â?
Â?Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Â?Franken has something that his targets conspicuously lackÂ?a sense of humor. This book is laugh-out-loud funny.Â?
Â?The Washington Post

Â?Lies gets big laughs... Amusing, true and cleverly put... Mr. FrankenÂ's best work.Â?
Â?The Dallas Morning News

Â?Lies rings with the moral clarity of an angelÂ's trumpet... sharp analysis and humor.Â?
Â?Associated Press

Industry Reviews
"And yeah, it's funny. Which is important....Franken's got plenty of humor techniques in his quiver and most of them work."
Salon - Lynn Harris (10/25/2005)

"While Franken writes with a razor-sharp wit, his intention is deadly serious....Franken has the ability to entertain, illuminate and motivate."
Publishers Weekly (10/24/2005)

"[Franken] and his team of researchers specialize in zinging politicians with their own words, and that's what gives his book weight. Even better than the jokes is Franken's rollicking, journalistic enthusiasm for exposing lies, contradictions and hypocrisy."
New York Times Book Review - Carl Hiaasen (12/04/2005)

"THE TRUTH does keep its promise to be funny about extremely unfunny matters....Like THE DAILY SHOW...the book uses the editing of on-the-record data as a devastating comic weapon."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (10/31/2005)