The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade 1980-1989

The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade 1980-1989
Author Tony Hendra, Christopher Cerf and Peter Elbling (editors)
Country United States
Language English
Genre Humor
Publisher Workman Publishing Company
Publication date
October 1979
Media type Paperback
Pages 264
ISBN 978-0-89480-119-8
OCLC 5289351
Followed by The 90s: A Look Back

The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade 1980-1989 is a humor book published in 1979.

It was edited by Tony Hendra, Christopher Cerf and Peter Elbling, with art direction by Michael Gross. Contributors to the book included Henry Beard, Valerie Curtin, Amy Ephron, Jeff Greenfield, Abbie Hoffman, Sean Kelly, B. Kliban, Paul Krassner, David Lander, Stan Lee, Stan Mack, Bruce McCall, Rick Meyerowitz, Maurice Peterson, George Plimpton and Harry Shearer.

The premise of the book was that it was a satirical review of American events in the 1980s. Having been written in 1979, the events were of course fictional and most of the satire was actually directed towards the late 1970s. Some of the events from the book included:

The book was a best-seller and a sequel, The 90s: A Look Back, was published with a similar premise in 1989. The second book did not have the same success as the first.

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