Crazy Like a Fox
by S. J. Perelman
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"A collections of the very best writings of America's funniest and zaniest humorist, made by the comic genius himself, is reissued in a handsome paperback. Here, S. J. Perelman's gift for wordplay, witticism, spoofery, and sheer nonsense are on full display. In a playful, loving tribute to the funny man, novelist Joshua Cohen-also an erudite wordsmith and punster-introduces Perelman's sui generis comic pieces to a new generation of readers, certain to fall in love with the writer whom The show more New York Times once noted for his ability "to transform the common cliche? or figure of speech into an exploding cigar." Included here are such beloved classics as the Joycean virtuoso performance "Scenario"; "A Farewell to Omsk," an homage to Dostoevsky; and Perelman's side-splitting send-up of the hardboiled detective fiction of Raymond Chandler, "Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer."-- Provided by publisher. show lessTags
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Such is the outrageous genius of this that It is vain to call any particular work, or group of works, "The Best of . . ." It's a bit like sayinh which is your favourite child, or your most spectacular kiss, or your most memorable orgasm. I'll probably gave away my copy of this volume simply to share the love -- not that I don't have plenty more samples of his work in my more-or-less permanent collection. Included in this volume are "Is there an osteosynchrondroiticain in the house?", "Frou-frou,or Vertigo revisited", and the delirious "Scenario" with the memorably incomprehensible lines, "Greater love hath Onan", and "I am Yankel Patchouli, a solicitor. Here is my card and a report of my recent urinalysis."
I would have given it 0 stars if I could.
316. Crazy Like a Fox, by S. J. Perelman (read 23 Mar 1947) When I finished this book on Mar 23, 1947, I said: "Finished Crazy Like a Fox. Perelman is funny."
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S. J. Perelman was a prolific humorist and satirist at the New Yorker for almost half a century. His contributions had a surrealistic quality in style and in subject that elicited from Dorothy Parker the judgment that he had "a disciplined eye and a wild mind" and "a magnificent disregard" for his reader. His raillery was aimed at popular fiction, show more motion pictures, advertising, and similar features of our transient culture. In his preferred form, a short drama, Perelman excelled in the unconventional, the concentrated, the sophisticated in humor. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Best of S.J. Perelman
- Alternate titles
- Crazy Like a Fox
- Original publication date
- 1947
- Dedication
- To Robert C. Benchley
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- Languages
- English, Russian
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