Quite enough of Calvin Trillin : forty years of funny stuff / Calvin Trillin.
"For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place"--Jacket flap. A collection of Trillin's writings, arranged roughly by category.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400069828
- ISBN: 1400069823
- Physical Description: xvi, 340 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2011.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Biographically speaking -- The Media: liberal elite and otherwise -- Tales of a clean-plate ranger -- High society and just plain rich people -- Criminal justice, criminals, justices, but (probably) no criminal justices -- Life among the literati -- Madly making money -- The years with Navasky -- Twenty years of pols: one poem each -- NYC -- Family matters -- Beasts of the field, fish of the sea, and chiggers in the tall grass -- English and some languages I don't speak -- Bagels, Yiddish, and other Jewish contributions to western civilization -- The sporting life -- Science, technology, and the healing arts -- Foreigners -- Issues and other irritations -- Seeing the world -- National holidays. |
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Subject: | Trillin, Calvin. Politicians > Humor. Civilization > Humor. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. |
Genre: | American wit and humor. |
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