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Publication
Simon & Schuster (2015), Edition: Reprint, 464 pages
Description
Christopher Buckley at his best: an extraordinary, wide-ranging selection of essays both hilarious and poignant, irreverent and delightful. In his first book of essays since his 1997 bestseller, Wry Martinis, Buckley delivers a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing. Tackling subjects ranging from "How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski" to "A Short History of the Bug Zapper," and "The Art of Sacking" to literary friendships with Joseph Heller and Christopher Hitchens, he is at once a humorous storyteller, astute cultural critic, adventurous traveler, and irreverent historian.
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Interesting set of essays, some on travel, some on politics and literature, some satire.
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English
Physical description
464 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
1476749523 / 9781476749525
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