Published in 2005 the areas of my expertise is an early incarnation of hodgmans comedic persona in it hodgman is a former literary publisher who advises the reader on how to publish a book and what such a book can include. The areas of my expertise is a lavish compendium of handy reference tables fascinating trivia and sage wisdom all of it completely unresearched completely undocumented and presumably completely untrue fabricated by the illuminating prodigious imagination of john hodgman certifiable genius in an age when fake facts are all the rage john hodgman proves he is a man ahead of his time. The areas of my expertise isbn 0 525 94908 9 first published in 2005 is a satirical almanac by john hodgman it is written in the form of absurd historical stories complex charts and graphs and fake newspaper columns among its sections are a list of 700 different hobo names and complete descriptions of all 51 us states. The areas of my expertise is a lavish compendium of handy reference tables fascinating trivia and sage wisdom all of it completely unresearched completely undocumented and presumably completely untrue fabricated by the illuminating prodigious imagination of john hodgman certifiable genius in an age when fake facts are all the rage john hodgman proves he is a man ahead of his time