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Title: How to Be a Hermit or a Bachelor Keeps House by Will Cuppy ISBN: 0-87140-144-4 Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic of humor and wisdom
Comment: Here again we have Will Cuppy at his best. From his discovery of Jones Island to his discourses on spinach and hermitage he always makes us laugh. His humor is gentle and very funny and can be read by any age.

Rating: 5
Summary: An early work of an unacknowledged master of humor
Comment: Will Cuppy always managed to say something funny, no matter what the subject. His humor often was very dry and subtle, and at its best can have you chuckling over some comment for days. This is an early work of his, and his style does not seem fully developed. Nonetheless, you will find many of the unique observations and ways of describing the world (and its inhabitants) that make his later books true masterpieces.

This book has a remarkably "modern" feel to it, and will be a revelation to anybody who thinks that books must be topical to pack a punch. This volume, written over 65 years ago, still is remarkably incisive and witty today. Indeed, reviewers of Cuppy's time fell all over themselves trying to find somebody with whom they could compare him. The best most of them could do was cite Mark Twain, but in the final analysis Cuppy has the distinct advantage over him in writing short humorous essays.