The Portable CurmudgeonJon Winokur An entertaining collection of quotations, anecdotes, and interviews from the likes of H.L. Mencken, W.C. Fields, Dorothy Parker, and others, arranged alphabetically by subject. No scholarly paraphernalia. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
WORLDCLASS CURMUDGEONS | 7 |
QUOTES ON B | 30 |
JOHN SIMON | 37 |
SIMON ON ASSORTED ACTRESSES | 47 |
CALVIN TRILLIN | 76 |
FIELDS | 93 |
GEORGE S KAUFMAN | 106 |
OSCAR LEVANT ANECDOTES | 187 |
GROUCHO MARX ANECDOTES | 205 |
DOROTHY PARKER | 227 |
FRAN LEBOWITZ | 239 |
QUOTES ON S | 246 |
MIKE ROYKO | 261 |
QUOTES ON T | 267 |
QUOTES ON U | 273 |
KARL KRAUS ON THE LIFE OF A MISANTHROPE | 148 |
QUOTES ON J | 157 |
QUOTES ON L | 167 |
OSCAR LEVANT | 181 |
QUOTES ON W | 282 |
QUOTES ON Y | 292 |
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