Summary
I am greatly relieved that the universe is finally explainable. I was beginning to think it was me. - Woody Allen
Here, in his first collection since his three hilarious classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, Woody Allen has managed to write a book that not only answers the most profound questions of human existence but is the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent wobbling.
I awoke Friday, and because the universe is expanding it took me longer than usual to find my robe, he explains in a piece on physics called Strung Out. In other flights of inspirational sanity we are introduced to a cast of characters only Allen could imagine: Jasper Nutmeat, Flanders Mealworm, and the independent film mogul E. Coli Biggs, just to name a few. Whether he is writing about art, sex, food, or crime ( Pugh has been a policeman as far back as he can remember. His father was a notorious bank robber, and the only way Pugh could get to spend time with him was to apprehend him ) he is explosively funny.
In This Nib for Hire, a Hollywood bigwig comes across an author' s book in a little country store and describes it in a way that aptly captures this magnificent volume: Actually, the producer says, I' d never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before.
Here, in his first collection since his three hilarious classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, Woody Allen has managed to write a book that not only answers the most profound questions of human existence but is the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent wobbling.
I awoke Friday, and because the universe is expanding it took me longer than usual to find my robe, he explains in a piece on physics called Strung Out. In other flights of inspirational sanity we are introduced to a cast of characters only Allen could imagine: Jasper Nutmeat, Flanders Mealworm, and the independent film mogul E. Coli Biggs, just to name a few. Whether he is writing about art, sex, food, or crime ( Pugh has been a policeman as far back as he can remember. His father was a notorious bank robber, and the only way Pugh could get to spend time with him was to apprehend him ) he is explosively funny.
In This Nib for Hire, a Hollywood bigwig comes across an author' s book in a little country store and describes it in a way that aptly captures this magnificent volume: Actually, the producer says, I' d never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before.
Contents
To err is human, to float, divineTandoori ransom
Sam, you made the pants too fragrant
This nib for hire
Calisthenics, poison ivy, final cut
Nanny dearest
How deadly your taste buds, my sweet
Glory hallelujah, sold!
Caution, falling moguls
The rejection
Sing, you Sacher Tortes
On a bad day, you can see forever
Attention geniuses: cash only
Strung out
Above the law, below the box springs
Thus ate Zarathustra
Surprise rocks Disney trial
Pinchuck's law.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Publisher's Weekly Review: "
Additional Information
Series | Thorndike Press large print laugh lines. |
Subjects |
Large type books.
Humorous fiction. |
Publisher | Detroit :Thorndike Press,2007 |
Edition | Large print ed. |
Language |
English |
Description |
193 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
ISBN | 9780786298549 (alk. paper) 0786298545 (alk. paper) |
Other | Classic View |