The Boomer Bible is particularly interesting as a document of late twentieth-century popular culture, preserving the attitudes, references and generational concerns of the period in which it was written.
Author
R. F. Laird
Publish Date
1992
Cover Type
Paperback
Condition
Good
Light shelf wear and foxing present.
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The Boomer Bible by R. F. Laird is a sprawling, irreverent and highly inventive work of satire that reimagines the structure and language of the Bible to examine the history, culture and beliefs of the Baby Boomer generation. This edition was published by Warner Books in 1992 and runs to approximately 896 pages, making it an unusually substantial volume of humorous social and cultural commentary. The book was originally published in the United States by Workman Publishing in 1991, with the Warner Books edition following in 1992.
The Boomer Bible takes the familiar form of biblical books, chapters and verses and applies it to the modern world. Rather than offering a conventional religious text, Laird uses parody to explore the events, personalities and cultural forces that shaped the generation born in the post-war years. History, religion, politics, popular culture, literature, film, television and changing social attitudes all become material for his comic reinterpretation.
The book’s fictional structure includes a “Past Testament”, which looks back at world history and civilisation, as well as a “Present Testament” concerned with the contemporary world. Among its many sections are playful reworkings dealing with different nations and historical periods, alongside material concerning religion, art, movies, literature and television. The deliberately biblical presentation gives Laird a framework for examining the contradictions and absurdities of modern culture.
At its heart, The Boomer Bible is a work of cultural satire. Laird considers the tension between the traditional values with which many Boomers were raised and the radically different cultural landscape that emerged during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The book’s humour draws on the collision between conventional morality and the era’s changing attitudes towards sex, drugs, politics, popular entertainment and individual freedom.
The result is deliberately provocative, playful and occasionally irreverent. Readers familiar with writers such as Jonathan Swift, Rabelais and other traditions of social satire may appreciate Laird’s willingness to use humour as a means of questioning cultural assumptions. The Boomer Bible is particularly interesting as a document of late twentieth-century popular culture, preserving the attitudes, references and generational concerns of the period in which it was written.
For collectors and readers interested in Baby Boomer culture, American humour, religious satire, social commentary and unconventional books, The Boomer Bible is an entertaining and distinctive title. This 1992 Warner Books edition is a substantial example of R. F. Laird’s ambitious comic reinterpretation of history, religion and modern life.
Condition: Very Good – Light shelf wear and foxing present.
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The Boomer Bible by R. F. Laird
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The Boomer Bible is particularly interesting as a document of late twentieth-century popular culture, preserving the attitudes, references and generational concerns of the period in which it was written.
1 in stock
The Boomer Bible by R. F. Laird is a sprawling, irreverent and highly inventive work of satire that reimagines the structure and language of the Bible to examine the history, culture and beliefs of the Baby Boomer generation. This edition was published by Warner Books in 1992 and runs to approximately 896 pages, making it an unusually substantial volume of humorous social and cultural commentary. The book was originally published in the United States by Workman Publishing in 1991, with the Warner Books edition following in 1992.
The Boomer Bible takes the familiar form of biblical books, chapters and verses and applies it to the modern world. Rather than offering a conventional religious text, Laird uses parody to explore the events, personalities and cultural forces that shaped the generation born in the post-war years. History, religion, politics, popular culture, literature, film, television and changing social attitudes all become material for his comic reinterpretation.
The book’s fictional structure includes a “Past Testament”, which looks back at world history and civilisation, as well as a “Present Testament” concerned with the contemporary world. Among its many sections are playful reworkings dealing with different nations and historical periods, alongside material concerning religion, art, movies, literature and television. The deliberately biblical presentation gives Laird a framework for examining the contradictions and absurdities of modern culture.
At its heart, The Boomer Bible is a work of cultural satire. Laird considers the tension between the traditional values with which many Boomers were raised and the radically different cultural landscape that emerged during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The book’s humour draws on the collision between conventional morality and the era’s changing attitudes towards sex, drugs, politics, popular entertainment and individual freedom.
The result is deliberately provocative, playful and occasionally irreverent. Readers familiar with writers such as Jonathan Swift, Rabelais and other traditions of social satire may appreciate Laird’s willingness to use humour as a means of questioning cultural assumptions. The Boomer Bible is particularly interesting as a document of late twentieth-century popular culture, preserving the attitudes, references and generational concerns of the period in which it was written.
For collectors and readers interested in Baby Boomer culture, American humour, religious satire, social commentary and unconventional books, The Boomer Bible is an entertaining and distinctive title. This 1992 Warner Books edition is a substantial example of R. F. Laird’s ambitious comic reinterpretation of history, religion and modern life.
Condition: Very Good – Light shelf wear and foxing present.
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