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Title: The Fun of It: Stories from the Talk of the Town by Lillian Ross ISBN: 0375756493 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Bathroom/Night-table Reading
Comment: Or maybe airplane reading. For those not familiar with The Talk of the Town feature in the New Yorker, it is a short, 1000 word-or-so essay on some feature of the current NY scene. The writing is often clever(rarely, too clever eg Garrison Keillor, but this could be predicted) and many great writers have taken a turn at it.
Part of the charm of the volume are the older pieces where now-famous names and places are introduced as newcomers and one gets a real feel of Manhattan in the 20s and 30s.
Rating: 3
Summary: Ego
Comment: Ross, a capable but often pedestrian reporter and writer (her quirks and tics quickly grow tiresome), has overstuffed the book with specimens of her own "Talk" pieces. Much more talented "Talk" writers are woefully unrepresented here.
Rating: 5
Summary: Start Spreading the News
Comment: This is a wonderful book. A compilation of pieces from The Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker spanning nine (!) decades, this is a social history of our nation and of New York. The Fun of It sat forgotten on my shelf for a few months, but I noticed it after the WTC disaster and began reading. What wonderful therapy. Some stories are poignant, others informative, still others laugh-out-loud hilarious. But all are elegant, first class writing. A great book for the bedside or bathroom, it can be dipped into at random and enjoyed for a few minutes or a few hours. Do yourself a favor: read it.
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Title: Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the New Yorker by David Remnick, Henry Finder ISBN: 0375761276 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker by David Remnick ISBN: 0375757511 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wonderful Town: New York Stories from the New Yorker by David Remnick, Susan Choi ISBN: 037575752X Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Floating Off the Page: The Best Stories from the Wall Street Journal's Middle Column by Ken Wells, Michael Lewis ISBN: 0743226631 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence by David Remnick ISBN: 0375757155 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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