Quite enough of Calvin Trillin : forty years of funny stuff / Calvin Trillin.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 340 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781400069828 (hardcover)
- 9780679604808 (ebook)
- 1400069823
- 814/.54 B 22
- PS3570.R5 Z475 2011
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single unit book | HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks | F (Affiliated) | F:PS3570.R5 Z475 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2023-0375 |
"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.
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.
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