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BUZZFLASH REVIEWS

"Every week, three million readers turn to the worlds most popular news organization for a much-needed dose of Onion news and entertainment coverage. In a history spanning 15 years, six popular books, and 10 Webby Awards, The Onion has attracted legions of loyal fans drawn to its fearless reporting and scathing commentary on world events, human behavior, and journalistic convention."

-- The Publisher

An online reviewer:

"Hilarious. Though I want to read this from cover-to-cover so that I don't miss anything, I find myself flipping forward to read entries about places I've lived in ("The people of America's Heartland are both friendly and considerate, whether giving directions to the nearst interstate or accepting fares at one of the region's many charming tollbooths"), visited (Italy: "Geometry teacher holding class in pizzeria again"), met people from ("Belgium: "Chocolate-covered chocolate"), or heard about on the news ("Iraq: Ethnic Breakdown: 75% Arab, 15% Kurdish, 4% Turkoman, 3% Tennessean, 2% Alabamian, 1% Kentuckian). There are tons of jokes in here--jokes about history, geography, culture, politics, literature, and the idea of atlases themselves. No matter their experiences, taste in humor, and level of offendability, readers will find plenty to make them laugh."

Another online reviewer:

"I've been reading this book for a week now and every time I sit down with it I'm literally crying it's so funny. I've even made all my friends buy it, so that I have someone to talk to about all the hilarious stuff in here. I couldn't recommend this book more!"

From the publisher, Little, Brown & Company:

ur Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of The Planet Earth, 73rd Edition features incorrect statistics on all of the Earth's 168, 182, or 196 independent nations. It also features maps, including a fold-out world map at actual size. Readers will learn about every country from Afghanistan, 'Allah's Cat Box,' to the Ukraine, 'The Bridebasket of Europe.'

Today's news-parody consumer cannot possibly understand made-up current events without the context of fake world history and geography. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us.

OUR DUMB WORLD is an invaluable tool for any reader interested in overthrowing a weakened government in East Asia, exploiting a developing nation in Africa, or for directions to tonight's party at Erica's. It is a reference guide to 250,000 of the world's most important places, such as North Korea's Trench of Victory, the Great Human Pyramid of Egypt, and Saudi Arabia's superhighway, the Mohammedobahn.


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