Roger Bennett loves America, and Reborn in the USA is his "scream it from the rooftops" paean (or is it a caterwaul?) to his country of choice. Drenched in the culture of the late ’80s and ’90s from the UK and the USA, and the heartfelt, hilarious sense of humor that has made Roger Bennett so beloved by his listeners, here is both a truly unique coming-of-age story and the love letter to America that the country needs right now. (Re)Born in the USA captures the universality of growing pains, growing up, and growing out of where you come from. A month in Chicago, and a life-changing night spent in the company of the Chicago Bears, was the first hit of freedom, of independence, of the Roger Bennett he knew he could be. When he made a real, in-the-flesh American friend who invited him over for the summer, he got to visit the promised land. Introduced first through the gateway drug of The Love Boat, then to Rolling Stone, the NFL, John Hughes movies, Run-DMC, and Tracy Chapman, Roger embraced everything that would capture the imagination of a teenager growing up Stateside. When he embraced American popular culture, the dull gray world he lived in turned to neon teal-a color which had not even been invented in England yet. That was America- with its sunny skies, beautiful women, and cool kids with flipped collars who ate at McDonald’s.
But there was one idea, or ideal, that burned bright in Roger’s heart. As an outsider-a private-schooled Jewish kid in working-class, heavily Catholic Liverpool-Roger Bennett wasn’t winning any popularity contests. Being a teenager isn’t easy, no matter where in the world you live or how much it does or doesn’t rain in your hometown. A memoir for fans of Jon Ronson and Chuck Klosterman, but with Roger Bennett’s signature pop culture flair and humor. The #1 New York Times Bestseller One-half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture and soccer commentator Roger Bennett traces the origins of his love affair with America, and how he went from a depraved, pimply faced Jewish boy in 1980’s Liverpool to become the quintessential Englishman in New York.
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