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 The Complete Prose - Woody Allen
 The Complete Prose - Woody Allen ... PicadorNewest Review: ... the history of the humble sandwich. 'Holding firmly to a mental picture of the first sandwich lying encased at the British ... more ... museum,' writes Allen. 'I spent the ensuing three months working up a brief biography of its great inventor, his nibs the Earl. Though my grasp of history is a bit shaky, and my capacity for romanticising easily dwarfs that of the average acidhead, I hope I have captured at least the essence of this unappreciated genius.'
Enjoyable too is Mr Big which features a hard-boiled detective called Kaiser Lupwitz in a pulp crime parody who is hired to find God - a story which hints at the existential comic dialogue ...more |
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The Complete Prose of Woody Allen
Pages: 480, Edition: Reissue, Hardcover, Crown Publications Last Update 04.12.2009 05:59
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The Complete Prose - Woody Allen: Selections from the Allen Notebooks (1232 words)
by - written on 13/08/09 (Very useful, 185 readings)
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The Complete Prose of Woody Allen is a bumper collection of comic fiction and essays and consists of the three Woody Allen books of humorous prose - Getting Even (1971), Without Feathers (1975), and Side Effects (1980). There are over fifty pieces of comic writing here which makes the book both great value for money (my paperback copy is 473 pages long) and a handy companion to dip into on a train or when you are stuck for something to read. The book is a good example of Allen's versatility and comic flair and the pieces, mostly written for The New Yorker originally, are very much in the spirit of SJ Perelman and Groucho Marx, absurdist but with a cerebral comic twist ... Read the complete review
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