The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his Favorites
by Robert C. Benchley
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Author: Robert C. BenchleyIllustrator: Gluyas Williams
Introduction: Nathaniel G. Benchley
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-10-01
ISBN: 0226042189
Number of pages: 359
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Book Review: Effortlessly funny prose by a master
Summary: 5 Stars
"A great many people have come up to me and asked me how I
manage to get so much work done while looking so dissipated.
My answer is 'Don't you wish you knew?' and a pretty good
answer it is, too, when you consider that nine times out of
ten I didn't hear the original question."
That's Benchley. Note the easy, flowing, understated prose
(read: no disgusting postmodern Latinizing) that marked this
extraordinary humorist's observations on life in America and abroad. Benchley wrote about everything, and everything he wrote showed the same magical mix of cynicism and whimsy.
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