“If your book’s subtitle is Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World, you have a lot to live up to—and somehow Mike Edison does . . . Edison seems to have nine lives and enjoys every moment of each of them to the fullest . . . His journey takes him around the world, but he always returns to magazine writing, and his insider scoop on these bizarre workplaces is what, finally, makes this memoir truly memorable.” —Penthouse

“Cooler than Toby Young and more credible than James Frey.”—Bookforum

“Will have you alternately envying Edison and being glad you’ve avoided such encounters.” —New York Daily News

“Gloriously told . . . Surprisingly intelligent.” —SF Weekly

“[Edison’s] an engaging, sardonic guide to some of magazinedom’s more disreputable territories.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Brash, irreverent, funny as hell and beautifully written.”—PopMatters