![]() But it was Roger Bennett’s, and lucky for us, we get to read about it in hilarious, excruciating, and ultimately uplifting detail in ( Re)Born in the USA. ![]() “It may not have been your teenage fever dream to leave your dull, rainy hometown in England to move to the land of neon, MTV, and the NFL. This book, part memoir part love letter to his adopted home country of the United States, Reborn in the USA captivated me from first page to last.” - Brian Koppelman, co-creator and showrunner, Billions “How many worlds can one bloke conquer? When that bloke is a warm hearted, funny, smart and hilarious storyteller named Roger Bennett, the answer seems to be: as many as he wants. Mina Kimes, NFL Analyst and Senior Writer, ESPN Reborn in the USA is a poignant, rollicking read, reminding us not only of what it means to pursue the American dream, but what that dream should-and still can-represent. Nick Kroll, co-creator of Big Mouth, Netflixīennett might be the only writer alive who can weave childhood obsessions with both the Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears and Tracy Chapman into a singular coming of age story. A time capsule but also a timeless coming of age tale. Hilariously written from Roger Bennett’s wry and thoughtful perspective, this book is a universal story of growing up and trying to figure out who you are in the world. Reborn in the USA is about a kid who grows up in the North of England, yearning to be an American in all its terrible glory. Chuck Klosterman, bestselling author of But What If We're Wrong? and Chuck Klosterman X Yet what people in American have been conditioned to view as an illusion was wholly genuine to Roger Bennett, and this memoir is a remarkable reminder that perception is not merely a form of historical reality. It's a British projection of late 20th century America that's now rejected by most Americans and assumed to be false. What's most compelling about this book is the way it shifts the view of how we're supposed to think about the United States. A wonderful book about coming-of-age in the 1980s, dreaming of a different life, and falling in love with an idea of a place-and then with the place itself." - John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down ![]() "What makes Reborn in the USA so special is the storytelling: Bennett's hilarious, keenly observed, and deeply moving memoir reminds us that dreams can come true-if not always quite in the way we dreamt them. It’s good for a laugh, but it’s also a thoughtful memoir about his love for the US and how to be a beacon of joy in a divided country. Roger Bennett – a co-host of the “Men in Blazers” show – wrote a memoir filled with silliness, sports, and pop culture. a candid and funny account of growing up in the wrong country and making it right.” - Wall Street Journal 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. A memoir for fans of Jon Ronson and Chuck Klosterman, but with Roger Bennett’s signature pop culture flair and humor.īeing 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. 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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