Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?: A Collection of Puns, Shaggy Dogs, Spoonerisms, Feghoots & Malappropriate StoriesJames Charlton Popular authors, including Stephen King, Annie Dillard, John D. MacDonald and Isaac Asimov sidestep their usual writing characterisitcs to present this hilarious collection of deceptively simple short stories that end with a whiplash pun guaranteed to produce groans all around. Illustrated. |
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