num_pages: 290
description: They drive you mad. They burrow under your skin and into your mind until you slam the phone down, yell at the kids, ram your car into the clown at the drive-in. Annoyances. War and famine bother us, sure, but what really cause the modern American to flip out are the petty, constant irritations of everyday life. Much-praised humorist Neil Steinberg, always an irritable fellow, has decided to fight back. In this alphabetically arranged screed, Steinberg aims the literary equivalent of a seltzer bottle at the teeth-grinding, suppressed-scream annoyances that can ruin a perfectly nice day.
language: English
title: The Alphabet of Modern Annoyances
titlecomplete: The Alphabet of Modern Annoyances
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Doubleday