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Title: Most of the Most of S. J. Perelman (Humor and Wit Series) by S. J. Perelman, Steve Martin ISBN: 0-679-64037-1 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Lengthy Volume of Perelman Prose
Comment: Most of the Most of S.J. Perelman (part of the Humor and Wit series of Modern Library) is a lengthy, though abridged, volume of the Perelman pieces from 1930 - 1958, many of which originally appeared in the New Yorker, among other magazines. This book should not necessarily be read straight through, as I did to my slight regret, as it can become a little overwhelming. There is some dating in the material but it is more of a delight how little effect time has taken on the comedy. The best pieces are, without a doubt, the marvelous Cloudland Revisited sequences where the author looks at books and movies he admired in his youth to see what horrible things time, experience and maturity have done to them. These selections are the treasures of the volume. A fine look at the almost lost art of a certain form of humour writing at its height. A wonderful volume to be savoured slowly.
Rating: 4
Summary: Piecing together Perelman
Comment: I agree that it should be a capital crime to butcher Perelman's published works, but since I can't find an unabridged copy of "The Most of S. J. Perelman", this book does well enough. As the only thing removed was "Acres and Pains", and that CAN be purchased separately, I would strongly recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: a riot
Comment: all you so familiar w/perelman read another review. this is for the uninitiated. buy it. try it. you won't regret it. you will then want seconds and move on as i will to what the other reviewers are wishing this one was. this book is a riot. hah!! laughed right out loud and had the people in the next booth at the restaurant get up and move to another booth. now that is what i want in humor. not some namby pamby wimpy what-the-heck-are-they-trying-to-convey junk one is so exposed to today. something you can grab a great big slice of and nearly choke on. this is a real feast. nearly my last as i was laughing so hard i thought i'd die. a real wordsmith as they say. i think they did say that and it is true. it is all true. every word of it.
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Title: The Benchley Roundup by Robert Benchley ISBN: 0226042189 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1983 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Last Laugh: The Final Word from the First Name in Satire by S. J. Perelman ISBN: 1585741523 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Rising Gorge: America's Master Humorist Takes on Everything from Monomania to Ernest Hemingway by S. J. Perelman ISBN: 1585741728 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Westward Ha! by S. J. Perelman, Al Hirschfeld ISBN: 158080067X Publisher: Burford Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Swiss Family Perelman: A Rollicking International Road Trip with America's Greatest Humorist by S. J. Perelman ISBN: 1585741817 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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