Introduction and '1: This is Elmo, 0:01' Summary and Analysis

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto is a novel about the state of postmodern America, written through an examination of pop culture. Author Chuck Klosterman uses movies, songs, icons, video games, and other pop culture media references to analyze the world around him in a way that speaks wholly of Generation X. The book is a humorous, thought provoking look at how pop culture molds modern society, and the people of a generation.

In the untitled Introduction, Klosterman explains that his book was written in the stage between sleep and alertness, and that his goal in writing the novel was to explain why we are alive. He admits that he examines this question through the use of popular culture references. He seeks to examine why his...