cover image I Am America (And So Can You!)

I Am America (And So Can You!)

Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, . . Grand Central, $25.99 (230pp) ISBN 978-0-446-58050-2

Realizing that “it takes more than thirty minutes a night to fix everything that's destroying America,” Colbert bravely takes on the forces aligned to destroy our country—“whether they be terrorists, environmentalists, or Kashi brand breakfast cereals.” His various targets include nature (“I've never trusted the sea. What's it hiding under there?”), the Hollywood Blacklist (“I would have named enough names to fill the Moscow phone book”), and atheists (“Imagine going through life completely duped into thinking that there's no invisible, omniscient higher power guiding every action on Earth. It's just so arbitrary!”). Colbert also provides helpful illustrations and charts (“Things That Are Trying to Turn Me Gay”), a complete transcript of his infamous speech at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner, and a special “Holiday” DVD, all of which add up to a book that is sure to be a bestseller and match the success of Colbert's former Daily Show boss Jon Stewart's America (The Book) . (Oct.)