Quite enough of Calvin Trillin : forty years of funny stuff / Calvin Trillin.

Author/creator Trillin, Calvin
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, ©2011.
Descriptionxvi, 340 pages ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents Biographically speaking -- The Media: liberal elite and otherwise -- Tales of a clean-plate ranger -- High society and just plain rich people -- Criminal justice, criminals, justices, but (probably) no criminal justices -- Life among the literati -- Madly making money -- The years with Navasky -- Twenty years of pols: one poem each -- NYC -- Family matters -- Beasts of the field, fish of the sea, and chiggers in the tall grass -- English and some languages I don't speak -- Bagels, Yiddish, and other Jewish contributions to western civilization -- The sporting life -- Science, technology, and the healing arts -- Foreigners -- Issues and other irritations -- Seeing the world -- National holidays.
Abstract "For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has commiteed blatant acts of funniness all over the place"--Jacket flap. A collection of Trillin's writings, arranged roughly by category.
LCCN 2011004050
ISBN9781400069828 (hardcover)
ISBN9780679604808 (ebook)
ISBN0679604804 (ebook)
ISBN1400069823

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Joyner General Stacks PS3570.R5 Z475 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold