{"id":4932,"date":"2009-09-18T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2010-02-10T19:51:47","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T01:51:47","slug":"book-report-the-yuppie-handbook-by-marissa-piesman-and-marilee-hartley-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/18\/book-report-the-yuppie-handbook-by-marissa-piesman-and-marilee-hartley-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: The Yuppie Handbook by Marissa Piesman and Marilee Hartley (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This book, like Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche<\/i>, is an early 80s mocking snapshot of a demographic. In this case, it’s mocking the young urban professional, the Manhattanite two-career couple with eyes on improving themselves.<\/p>\n

The craziest thing about it is you could substitute casual attire for the pinstripe suit, a DVR or Slingbox for the VCR, an iPod for the Walkman, and add some comic book allusions and come up with the modern urban geek (MUG, I just made that up but you can use it). Some of these books really prove how little has changed since the 80s. It’s just we have the Internet now.<\/p>\n

Coupled with my reading of Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche<\/i><\/a>, this really seems to support my assertion that culture has flattened in the last 30 years. You can read this and recognize the stereotypes and even the more common flourishes.<\/p>\n

As with Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche<\/i>, the book is amusing in spots and obviously filler in other spots. Not as good as Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche<\/i>, but longer.<\/p>\n

Books mentioned in this review:<\/b><\/p>\n