Snark

David Denby

RRP: £9.99

Publisher: PICADOR

Publication Date : 04/09/2009

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

We all recognise Snark when we hear it - it is that tone of teasing, snide, undermining abuse, nasty and knowing, and spreading widely particularly through the internet. David Denby, "New Yorker" critic and author, takes on the snarkers in this sharp and witty polemic.

Publisher's description:

Identifies the nine principles of snark and traces its history from its invention as personal insult in the drinking clubs of ancient Athens, through such proponents as Alexander Pope, Private Eye and Tom Wolfe to its arrival in the age of the Internet, where it has become the sole purpose and style of media, political and celebrity Web sites.

ISBN: 9780330511377