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"The funniest writer in America since - himself" - Gore Vidal "There is no writer of comic prose to compare with SJ Perelman. It is really as simple as that" - Woody Allen 'The supreme lunatic humorist in the language, British or American' - The Good Book Guide"
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Entering the warped world of SJ Perelman - the Marx brothers' greatest scriptwriter, amongst other things - is a unique comic experience. A satirist and parodist, his celebrated sketches lampoon the screaming absurdities of modern life and bring succour to that most persecuted minority of all: the embattled sane. The undoubted star of these sketches is Perelman's own put-upon fictional persona: all he craves is a little peace and quiet, yet he is continually pushed closer to the edge by those sent to try him. Written mainly for the "New Yorker" magazine, the sketches in this volume are a brand new selection of some of his finest pieces, many of which have been unavailable for decades. This collection covers every decade in which he wrote from the '30s to the '70s. His subversive wit seems as fresh today as it did when it first appeared, and to many he is quite simply the most original and funniest humorist of the twentieth century.
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I have been waiting for some time to get my hands on this book and it was well worth the wait. Not many people have heard of SJ Perleman as his best work is probably 60 years old, but to aficionados of humour, he is a paragon. He was a brilliant writer who combined wit, humour and satire in liberal portions. At times the tears were rolling down my eyes and at other times it was more of a chuckle. Perleman, was a wonderful observer and always had a humorous and sometimes bitingly satirical interpretation, of what on their own, were innocuous issues. For example, he had picked up an article in The Times, 50 years ago, where the House of Lords were complaining about their expenses. He then turns that into a play involving a Lord being interviewed by a tax inspector. It is as fresh and relevant today, as it was then. If you read it now in isolation, you would think it was written by somebody referring to current events. At one stage Perleman was a script writer for Groucho Marx and if you like that sort of humour, this is the book for you. I can thoroughly recommend it.
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