S. J. Perelman: Writings (Loa #346)

by S. J. Perelman

Book Overview

Adam Gopnik presents the very best of S. J. Perelman, America's zaniest humorist.

S. J. Perelman (1904-1979) wrote for the Marx Brothers films Horse Feathers and Monkey Business and won an Oscar for his screenwriting on Around the World in Eighty Days, but he remains best known for his many sketches and essays penned for The New Yorker during its golden age of humor. In these short comic pieces--Perelman called...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598536923
• ISBN13: 9781598536928
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 604 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"