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A.J. Jacobs, Photo: William Pelkey, Courtesy Simon & Schuster
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2009 (7pm)
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Like a conceptual daredevil (or a non-grating Morgan Spurlock), A.J. Jacobs hurls himself into extended, uber-demanding feats for our vicarious pleasure. For The Year of Living Biblically, Jacobs followed the Bible down to the arcane letter; and The Know-It-All chronicles his obsessive quest to read the unabridged encyclopedia. The lessons learned may seem obvious — religion should guide morality, not hinder it, and knowledge isn't simply the memorization of facts — but that doesn't diminish the kick of his hilarious prose and stubborn commitment. The Guinea Pig details his latest batch of extreme experiments (going undercover as a film star, passing as a single woman), and yields his most satisfying insights yet.
