JOHN HODGMAN
Wednesday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m.

We are most pleased to welcome back that chronicler of much useful knowledge (and intrepid correspondent and 'expert' for Comedy Central's The Daily Show with John Stewart), Mr. John Hodgman, as he returns to Elliott Bay for the new paperback edition of his bestselling delight, The Areas of My Expertise: Which Include: Matters Historical, Matters Literary, Matters Cryptozoological, Hobo Matters, Food, Drink, & Cheese (a Kind of Food), Squirrels & Lobsters & Eels, Haircuts, Utopia, What Will Happen in the Future, and Most Other Subjects (Riverhead). Yes, a lot of information is covered. "John Hodgman brings more than mere laughter to the world. He also brings a whole world: one of strange melancholy and unexpected beauty, and the scope and meticulous consistency of the deranged. His world is similar to our world, but better in that its geography is crossed by magic and hoboes and lies so odd and bold and true that they may even qualify as fiction. Even if you buy this book for the Seven Hundred Hobo Names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth." - Dave Eggers.

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