num_pages: 352
description: Al Franken’s landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right , was praised as a “bitterly funny assault” ( zThe New York Times ) that rang “with the moral clarity of an angel’s trumpet” ( The Associated Press ). Now, this master of political humor strikes again with a powerful and provocative message for all of us. In these pages, Al reveals the alarming story of how: Complete with new material for this paperback edition, The Truth (with jokes) is more than just entertaining, intelligent, and insightful. It is at once prescient in its analysis of right-wing mendacity and incompetence, and inspiring in its vision of a better tomorrow for all Americans (except Jack Abramoff).
language: English
title: The Truth with Jokes
titlecomplete: The Truth with Jokes
genres: Audiobook, American, Essays, Politics, Cultural, 21st Century, Comedy, Nonfiction, History, Humor
ratings_count: 8177
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Audie Award
category: Humor, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album
publisher: Dutton