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Simon and Schuster (1957), Hardcover, 273 pages
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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
The man was thought funny in his day, but tastes have greatly changed, and Perelman hasn't held up well.
LibraryThing member kylekatz
Really enjoyed these old essays from the New Yorker (mostly, I think). Lots about talkies and going to the movies in the 20s in Providence, R.I. Perelman is hilariously and manages to use vocabulary words I don't know in almost every essay, a quality I appreciate in a writer. The title is never
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explained or even alluded to. If Perelman can see how far the atrophy has spread I'll bet he's spinning in his grave. But maybe I'm confusing atrophy with apathy? Oh wait, they aren't that different are they? Show Less
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The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Fiction — 1957)
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1957
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indexed 1485(2)/121