30 Satires

By Lewis H. Lapham

Book Overview

Widely celebrated for his political essays, Lewis Lapham is a satirist who belongs in the company of Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, and Mark Twain. Over the last twenty years he has experimented with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565849868
• ISBN13: 9781565849860
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: The New Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

A GREAT OL' READ

Like my title said: A GREAT OL'READ, but without getting old, or like me, redundant.

Scathingly brilliant satire

I have read the first satire, "A Christmas Carol" four times now, and it is ever more pointed, sharp, and uproariously funny. Lapham shows off his love of words, rolling description, and deep intelligence, and boundless sense of humor, in a collection of essays and stories that stand with the greatest of satires. Twain, Mencken, Bierce, move over for Lewis Lapham.