Overview
Pulitzer Prizeāwinning author Joshua Cohen (The Netanyahus) reintroduces America's zaniest humorist to a new generation of readers
When asked about himself the writer Sidney Joseph Perelman once quipped, "before they made him, they broke the mold." Nowhere is S. J. Perelman's one-of-a-kind, madcap sensibilityāhis gift for wordplay, witticism, spoofery, and sheer nonsenseāon better display than in his classic collection Crazy Like a Fox, here restored to print for the first time in decades.
In a playful, loving tribute to the funny man, novelist Joshua Cohenāalso an erudite wordsmith and punsterāintroduces Perelmanās sui generis comic pieces to a new generation of readers, certain to fall in love with the writer whom The New York Times once noted for his ability āto transform the common clichĆ© or figure of speech into an exploding cigar.āĀ
Included here are such beloved classics as:
- the Joycean virtuoso performance āScenarioā
- āA Farewell to Omsk,ā Perelman's hilarious homage to Dostoevsky
- andĀ āFarewell, My Lovely Appetizer," his side-splitting send-up of the hardboiled detective fiction of Raymond Chandler
Here is Perelman's own selection of the very best of his inimitable humor, restored to print for the first time in decades.
This book title, Crazy Like a Fox (The Classic Collection), ISBN: 9781598537789, by S. J. Perelman, Joshua Cohen, published by Library of America (April 9, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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