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The portable curmudgeon
- Title
- The portable curmudgeon / compiled and edited by Jon Winokur.
- Publication
- New York : New American Library, ©1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN6083 .P48 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Winokur, Jon.
- Description
- xiii, 299 pages : illustrations; 17 cm.
- Series Statement
- NAL books
- Uniform Title
- NAL books
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- quotations (texts)
- Quotations.
- Citations.
- Note
- "NAL book."
- Contents
- World-Class Curmudgeons -- The Heart of a Curmudgeon -- Quotes on "A" -- H.L. Mencken: Stirring Up the Animals -- Mencken's America -- Quotes on "B" -- John Simon: The Vicar of Vitriol Loves Animals -- Paramours Lost: Simon on Assorted Actresses -- The Critical Curmudgeon -- Quotes on "C" -- Calvin Trillin: Sausage-Eating, Slothful Sweetheart -- Quotes on "D" -- Quotes on "E" -- W.C. Fields: A Definite Personality -- A Flagon of Fields -- Quotes on "F" -- George S. Kaufman: The Wittiest Man in America -- George S. Kaufman Anecdotes -- Quotes on "G" -- Quentin Crisp: Courtly Curmudgeon -- Quotes on "H" -- Karl Kraus: Word and Substance and Empty Chairs --Karl Kraus on the Life of a Misanthrope -- Karl Kraus on Literature -- Karl Kraus on Psychoanalysis -- Quotes on "I" -- Quotes on "J" -- Quotes on "K" --Paul Fussell: He Cries at the Indy 500 -- Quotes on "L" -- Oscar Levant: Total Recoil -- Levant on Levant -- Oscar Levant Anecdotes -- Quotes on "M" -- Groucho Marx: The Dark One -- Groucho Marx Anecdotes -- Quotes on "N" -- Quotes on "O" -- Quotes on "P" -- Dorothy Parker: Just a Little Jewish Girl Trying to Be Cute -- Dorothy Parker Anecdotes -- Quotes on "R" -- Fran Lebowitz: Manhattan Malcontent -- Quotes on "S" -- Mike Royko: A Liberal's Conservative and Vice Versa -- Quotes on "T" -- Quotes on "U" -- Quotes on "V" -- Ian Shoales: He's Gotta Go --Quotes on "W" -- Quotes on "Y" -- The Yuletide Curmudgeon -- Roy Blount, Jr.: This Man Is Not a Murderer.
- ISBN
- 0453005659
- 9780453005654
- 0453007406
- 9780453007405
- LCCN
- 87011236
- OCLC
- ocm15629830
- 15629830
- SCSB-1891756
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library