I’m not really in a position to argue for (or against) the merits of Chuck Klosterman, simply because I’ve barely read any of Fargo Rock City. Had it not won the ASCAP-Deems, I might not have read it at all. It’s been on my shelf since whenever it came out, I know my brother loved it, and I had no problem with it ideologically. I just never got around to reading it. Somehow, I hadn’t read a single story about Fargo Rock City, so I wasn’t even sure what genre of writing it was supposed to exist alongside. The only thing I knew was that the book was sold at Urban Outfitters which seemed like reason enough to ignore it (not a  good reason, but a reason nonetheless). But then it won this prize, which made me think, I should at least know what it is. So I started reading it, totally uninformed and with no motive beside sincere curiosity. If you don’t feel like reading it, here’s enough information to pretend like you did.

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