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The 50 funniest American writers, an anthology of humor from Mark Twain to the Onion, according to Andy Borowitz

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The 50 funniest American writers*, an anthology of humor from Mark Twain to the Onion, *according to Andy Borowitz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The 50 funniest American writers*

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

701019596

Responsibility statement

*according to Andy Borowitz

Sub title

an anthology of humor from Mark Twain to the Onion

Table Of Contents

A presidential candidate / Mark Twain -- The lecture tickets that were bought but never used / George Ade -- The ransom of Red Chief / O. Henry -- from Babbitt / Sinclair Lewis -- from Gentlemen prefer blondes / Anita Loos -- On conversation / Ring Lardner -- Imperial purple / H.L. Mencken -- More alarms at night / James Thurber -- The waltz / Dorothy Parker -- Farewell, my lovely appetizer / S.J. Perelman -- Simple prays a prayer / Langston Hughes -- The night the old nostalgia burned down / Frank Sullivan -- Across the street and into the grill / E.B. White -- The house of mirth / Peter De Vries -- from The magic Christian / Terry Southern -- from How to talk dirty and influence people / Lenny Bruce -- The secret vice / Tom Wolfe -- The counterfeit secret circle member gets the message, or The asp strikes again -- The Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved / Hunter S. Thompson -- A look at organized crime / Woody Allen -- The tax man / Bruce Jay Friedman -- Letters to Einstein / Philip Roth --

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Fifty funniest American writers

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