NATIONALBESTSELLER-A“hilarious“(DaxShepard),“surprisinglyemotionaltrip“(TheChainsmokers)throughdeepAmericansubculturesrangingfromBurningMantoAlcoholicsAnonymous,bythewriterandcomedianMosheKasher“Parthistorylesson,partstandupsetand,often,partloveletter...Kasher’sabilitytoblendhumorwithhomeworkworksalmosttoowell.“--TheNewYorkTimesAfterbottomingout,beinginstitutionalized,andgettingsoberallbythetenderageoffifteen,MosheKasherfoundhimselfasking:“What’snext?“Overtheensuingdecades,hediscoveredtheanswer:alot.Therewashistimeasaboy-kingofAlcoholicsAnonymous,akindofpubescentproselytizerforotherteensgettingandstayingsober.HewasaravepromoterturnedDJturnedsoberecstasydealerinSanFrancisco’stechnowarehousepartysceneofthe1990s.ForfifteenyearsheworkedasapsychedelicsecurityguardatBurningMan,fishinghippiesoutofhiddenchambersthey’dconstructedtotrytosneakintotheevent.Asachildofdeafparents,Kasherbecamedeeplyimmersedindeafcultureandsignlanguageinterpretation,translatingeverythingfromend-of-lifecaretohornydeafclients’attemptstohiresexworkers.Hereconnectsandtriestomakepeacewithhisultra-HasidicJewishupbringingafterthedeathofhisfatherbeforefinallysettlingintothecomedyscenewherehenowmakeshisliving.EachofthesescenesgetsagonzohistoriographicalrundownbeforeKasherentersthenarrativeandtellsthestoryoftheliveshehasspentcareeningfromonetothenext.Arazor-sharp,gut-wrenchinglyfunny,andsurprisinglymovingtourofsomeofthemostwildlydistinctsubculturesapersoncanexperience,SubcultureVulturedeftlyweavestogethermemoirandpropulsiveculturalhistory.It’sastoryoffindingyourpeople,overandoveragain,indifferentsettings,andofknowingwithoutadoubtthatwhereveryouareiswhereyou’resupposedtobe.
