"Fifty years ago, the three funniest writers in the English language were named Shaw, Mencken and Muggeridge. Today, they're named Thompson, O'Rourke and Christopher Buckley.Read this book and you'll die laughing. But as Wrong-Way Kennedy said, 'What a way to go.'"
-- Tom Wolfe
"Funny and devastating."
-- Entertainment Weekly
"Clever, erudite, sophisticated, funny and flip. Buckley shows that his antennae are ever alert to the absurdities in our world."
-- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Buckley's comic muse -- and as Wry Martinis attests, he is one of the rarest specimens in his generation of that endangered species, the authentically inventive comic writer -- adorns the Benchley-Thurber line of social observation. He is probably the most versatile practitioner of that tradition today.... Wry Martinis has an astonishing range, all the way from the history of the miniskirt to the language of the New American Bible."
-- Boston Globe
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Not that our provocateur doesn't have his serious side, too. It shows up in his explorations of his own military envy, asthma, and cluster headaches, but also in some unlikely zones--including a sympathetic profile of Eppie Lederer, better known as agony aunt Ann Landers. (When Eppie tells Buckley that her husband left her, "an eyebrow arches, the right dimple deepens like a Florida sinkhole.") And then there is "My Own Private Sunday School," two pages on talking to his 6-year-old daughter about belief and death. Of course, even here the mischief-maker shines through, since the beginner's Bible Buckley buys is sorely lacking in verbal panache: "The chapter about the Roman discovering Jesus' empty tomb is titled 'Surprise!'--which is sort of cute, even if it does make a pretty crucial New Testament event sound a bit like a panel from Where's Waldo?" Buckley is ever on the hunt for our foibles and endless absurdities; and despite his seemingly straight-up hilarity, his method requires the utmost skill, imagination, and--oddly enough--affection. --Kerry Fried
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Wry Martinis 0.5. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780060977429
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0060977426
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780060977429
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 498146-n
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New! This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 0060977426
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780060977429
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. STORED NEW PRISTINE CONDITION SANITIZED THEN WRAPPED. Book. Seller Inventory # ABE-1674930948084
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.55. Seller Inventory # bk0060977426xvz189zvxnew
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0060977426
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # IQ-9780060977429