The Compleat Motherfucker

The bestselling book, “On Bullshit,” won its audience from its shockingly unapologetic non-asterisk treatment of its title, particularly for a pedestrian academic inquiry. The last few years have seen companies like Chronicle Books and MTV/Pocket Books publish well-received titles that feature the word “fuck.” “The Compleat Motherfucker” presents a different approach than the aforementioned tomes in that it’s a remarkably informative and entertaining etymological study, touching African-American and other curious seeds of American subcultural and pop cultural currents. An unexpectedly elegant, almost biblical, design of “The Compleat Motherfucker” in which the entirety of the offending word is reproduced in full, will be sure to attract many secular gift-givers as well as those fascinated with subversive cultural histories. Author Jim Dawson’s previous study in fartology, “Who Cut The Cheese” resulted in a brisk-selling and often reprinted book for 10 Speed Press.