· S.J. Perelman, whose work is collected in a Library of America edition, is an avant-garde artist who is a mixture of Jackson Pollock and www.doorway.ru: Jackson Arn. · In , the Modern Library issued an abridged collection of his greatest hits, “Most of the Most of S. J. Perelman.”. Steve Martin’s name appears on the cover for no apparent reason Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. · A note in “The Most of S. J. Perelman” again announced the approaching death of the light satiric essay: “The handful of chumps who still practice it are as lonely as the survivors of Fort Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.
This item: Most of S J Perelman. by S J Perelman Paperback. £ Only 3 left in stock (more on the way). Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery. The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his Favorites. by Robert C. Benchley Paperback. £ It's almost an exact duplicate of The Most of S J Perelman. Whoever put it together just left out The Acres and Pains items. How can they put this on the market as a new book. I waited a few months for it, but luckily, I had some one I could give it to, who hadn't a copy of the original. Save your money and look for the first one. S. J. Perelman. Perelman gets my vote for the best American comic writer who ever lived - literate, cosmically disgruntled, and a master of the well-placed dagger. This book collects enough of his comic essays to keep the reader rolling on the floor through several long winter evenings. Highly recommended!
S.J. Perelman was the funniest writer in the English language during the 20th Century. He might have been the funniest writer in English, ever. He might have been the funniest writer in any language. But be on notice--Perelman's humor was of a time and place: New York-based in the years between the Depression and the Great Society. PERELMAN, S.J. The Most of S.J. Perelman. New York: Simon Schuster, First Edition. Signed presentation copy from S.J. Perelman to his daughter Abby, inscribed by the author: “For Abby, with all my love, Sid. SJ Perelman is a writer's writer. I only learned of Perelman through William Zinsser, who praised Perelman profusely in his own book, On Writing Well. Though it's very comprehensive, The most of SJ Perelman is a compilation of Perelman's various short format works. As such, the book lends itself well to a constant companion status.
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