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The Complete Prose (Paperback)

by Woody Allen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (6 Nov 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330328212
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330328210
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,013 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A collection of 52 pieces of writing displaying Woody Allen's own brand of humour.


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Allen's three outrageously funny collections in one volume
Complete Prose brings together Allen's three outrageously funny collections, Without Feathers, Getting Even and Side Effects. "No 500-page book ever contained a laugh a line, but this one gets pretty close" Daily Telegraph

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beware. Don't read this on a bus !, 11 Nov 2002
By M. I. R. Clarke "ian clarke" (northern ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Prose (Picador thirty) (Paperback)
This book is dangerous. It is impossible to read on a bus without frequent involuntary outbursts, strangled yelps of delight and choking fits and any attempt to suppress these will result in facial ticks, bed wetting or worse. Other passengers will stare or, concerned, try to perform the Heimlich manouevre on you (as described in the book). Allen's puckish humour is the perfect antedote to Life in General, the mock philosophic arguments and madcap situations might be right out of Sleeper or Love and Death. He lampoons many characters, institutions and traditions, deflating all that is pompous or pretentious with Groucho-like ease. The Memoir of Hitler's Barber is fantastic, the Detective Story with God as a Missing Person perfect and his story about UFO Sightings another gem but with over 50 short chapters there are too many to pick out. Even the liberally sprinkled Jewish references are funny to the uninitiated (goyim ??). There should be a copy on your bedside table (if you can do without the sleep!)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Budget price collection of comic genius., 16 Sep 2002
By Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Prose (Picador thirty) (Paperback)
This is a great budget collection of Allen's short pieces/stories, comprising 'Getting Even', 'Side Effects' and 'Without Feathers' (52 stories in all). For those who enjoy the 'early, funny' period- i.e. the stand up such as the 'moose' or the kidnapping, or films such as 'Take the Money & Run' there is much here.

Many of Allen's gripes and themes surface here- the student mentality he satirises in 'Annie Hall' & 'Husbands & Wives', the European novel, 'A Twenties Memory' takes the **** out of Hemingway's 'A Moveable Feast' and predicts the iconic imagery of 'Zelig' . One of the most familiar stories is 'Death Knocks'- which recurs in Allen's play 'Death' and pops up (as a reference to Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal', of course) in both 'Love and Death' and 'Deconstructing Harry'.

A lot of these pieces are succinct and laugh out loud funny, one to commute with or read last thing at night. This budget collection is vast proof that Allen is up there with the great comics and a work such as 'Retribution' predicts the world between comedy and tragedy that he has mined for several decades. A classic collection, even if it just ends up in the toilet!

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Comedy, 21 Jun 2003
By Touring Mars (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Consisting mostly of short stories and general observations from Allen's unique perspective that originally appeared in the 'New Yorker' magazine, this comprehensive collection is pretty much all you need to have. Quite why you would want to buy the books separately (or even together with this book) is totally beyond me. 'Complete Prose' is his three books in one volume, complete, unabridged and totally hilarious.

Surreal, ridiculous, witty, and at times just plain silly, these short pieces will have you in pieces after a few paragraphs. My favourite bits include a story about Dracula, and how come he knows when it's dark if he stays in a coffin all day? When he senses it is dark one day, he pays a visit to some neighbours, intent on blood. When he turns up at their house, they ask if he has come to watch the solar eclipse with them, at which point he immediately runs into the house and hides in a cupboard until nighttime. Another example is a story about organised crime, and how one technique for bumping people off was to lock them in a wardrobe and then suck all the air out through a straw.

I think an alternative title for this book could have been 'Complete Nonsense' and still be accurate, but a more flattering title could be 'Complete Brilliance'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spike Jones Plays Wagner!
Not since I first read S.J. Perelman have I come across such comic genius. Allen's ability to seduce the serious thought from the reader and then unexpectedly pull the carpet from... Read more
Published on 6 Jul 2007 by Mr. S. J. Wade

5.0 out of 5 stars I have only read the first two pages...
...and it is already becoming one of the funniest things I've ever read. I picked it up today as an impulse buy at a record store for a fiver. Read more
Published on 2 May 2007 by Ms. N. Hall

5.0 out of 5 stars A short, sweet way to read Woody Allen
This is a great way to start your reading of Woody Allen. This has some superb short stories that can't help but make you chuckle to yourself or laugh out loud. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2006 by Spider Monkey

5.0 out of 5 stars Is this the funniest book ever?
I have read this book maybe 10 or 12 times now and yet when i read it again I still find it laugh-out-loud-uncontrollably funny. I just wish Woody would write more prose
Published on 2 Dec 2005 by BDS

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical
One of the funniest things I have ever read. Allen's biting satire, particularly of academic pomposity, is simply brilliant. I felt so sad when I finished it. Hope he writes more.
Published on 18 Jun 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic stuff
This is one funny collection. Even if you dont like his films, this book is guaranteed to make you howl with laughter. Hilarious.
Published on 28 Sep 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Very very funny
Woody Allen's Complete Prose is a classic. Full of surreal observations, witty one liners and a logic that is pure Woody Allen. Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Absurdly funny
Woody Allen's humour is so absurd that it makes you wonder how his brain works. This book is more packed with humour than any other I have ever read. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Consistently surreal & inventive, hilarious in places
I loved this book. In prose form Woody is considerably more surreal than in scripts, and if you like this type of humour, you'll love it. Read more
Published on 18 Jul 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely taste-dependent
More absurdist than demonstrative of 'genius', the pieces in 'Complete Prose' are very funny nonetheless. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2000

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