The Official Slacker Handbook

by Sarah Dunn

The '90's answer to The Preppie Handbook is a satiric, humorous and comprehensive critique, written by the ultimate slacker, that reveals rules, guidelines and recommendations for being a state-of-the-art slacker. The book features a hip MTV-like format with fast-cut sidebars, cartoons, photos, lists, quizzes and charts.

Genres: Humor

132 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Sarah Dunn (born 1970) is an American author and television writer. She was educated in the University of Arizona.

Coming to prominence in 1994 with her book Official Slacker Handbook, Sarah Dunn went to Hollywood, where she wrote for such series as Murphy Brown, Veronica's Closet and Spin City.

Reviews

[DoctorM]

An utterly delightful walk down Memory Lane. And, yes, "Slacker" is still a brilliant film almost 30 years on. And slacker style is still fun.

[Strong Extraordinary Dreams]

Stupid. A journalist "who has never known anyone who was completely unemployed" collects a pile of journalistic twaddle & filler about a subject she is deeply, deeply ignorant of, and publishes this silly, fake book.

Avoid.

[Michael Coats]

An homage to, and playful critique of, slacker culture. If you enjoyed Linklater's Slacker, read Finnegan's Wake, or were acknowledged as a regular at a place that served coffee, this book is required reading. If not, you may want to read it anyway, so as to gain a better appreciation of slackers.