Hanover Library CatalogueThe Best of modern humor / edited by Mordecai Richler. --
Publication details: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1983.Description: xix, 542 pISBN:- 0394515315 :
- Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933. Busher's honeymoon
- Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944. Gertrude the governess; or, simple seventeen
- Mencken, H. L. 1880-1956. Recollections of notable cops
- Runyon Damon, 1880-1946. Butch minds the baby
- Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. Correspondence with David Wallace
- Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945. Opera synopses
- Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961. If men played cards as women do
- Sullivan, Frank, 1912- Cliché expert testifies on love
- Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Breaking up of the Winships
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Winner takes all
- Perelman, S. J. 1904- Farewell, my lovely appetizer
- Welty, Eudora, 1909- Why I live at the P.O
- De Vries, Peter. Requiem for a noun; or, intruder in the dusk
- O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966. Keats and Chapman
- Cheever, John. Chaste Clarissa
- Vonnegut, Kurt. Report on the Barnhouse Effect
- Kerr, Jean. Toujours tristesse
- Capote, Truman, 1924- Day's work
- Baker, Russell, 1925- Bomb math
- Buchwald, Art. Saving paper
- Tynan, Kenneth, 1927- . Just plain folks
- Friedman, Bruce Jay. Lonely guy's apartment
- Sheed, Wilfrid. Four hacks
- Barthelme, Donald. Game
- Naipaul, V. S. 1932- Mechanical genius
- Wolfe, Tom. Mid-Atlantic man
- Greenburg, Dan. How to be a Jewish mother
- Allen, Woody. Kugelmass episode
- Brickman, Marshall. Analytic napkin
- Apple, Max. Oranging of America
- Blount, Roy. Trash no more
- Ephron, Nora. Few words about breasts
- Keillor, Garrison. Shy rights : why not pretty soon?
- Wodehouse, P. G. 1881-1975. Ukridge's accident syndicate
- Southern, Terry. I am Mike Hammer
- White, E. B. 1899- Across the street and into the grill
- Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. King Lear's daughter
- Marx, Groucho, 1891-1977. Letters to Warner Brothers and Gummo Marx
- Gibbons, Stella, 1902-
- 817.508
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 - 899 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | 817.508 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906000254954 |
Gertrude the governess; or, simple seventeen / Stephen Leacock -- King Lear's daughter / Maurice Baring -- Recollections of notable cops / H.L. Mencken -- Butch minds the baby / Damon Runyon -- Ukridge's accident syndicate / P.G. Wodehouse -- The busher's honeymoon / Ring Lardner -- Correspondence with David Wallace / Marianne Moore -- Opera synopses / Robert Benchley -- If men played cards as women do / George S. Kaufman -- Letters to Warner Brothers and Gummo Marx / Groucho Marx -- The cliché expert testifies on love / Frank Sullivan -- The intrusions of Captain Foulenough / J.B. Morton (Beachcomber) -- The breaking up of the Winships / James Thurber -- Across the street and into the grill / E.B. White -- Time...fortune...life...luce / Wolcott Gibbs -- Excerpt from Cold Comfort Farm / Stella Gibbons -- Winner takes all / Evelyn Waugh -- "Nothing but a little pissant" / A.J. Liebling
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