But Enough About You
(essays)
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: x, 450 pages ; 24 cm
Christopher Buckley at his best: an extraordinary, wide-ranging selection of essays both hilarious and poignant, irreverent and delightful.
In his first book of essays since his 1997 bestseller, Wry Martinis , Buckley delivers a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing. Tackling subjects ranging from "How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski" to "A Short History of the Bug Zapper," and "The Art of Sacking" to literary friendships with Joseph Heller and Christopher Hitchens, he is at once a humorous storyteller, astute cultural critic, adventurous traveler, and irreverent historian.
Reading these essays is the equivalent of being in the company of a tremendously witty and enlightening companion. Praised as "both deeply informed and deeply funny" by The Wall Street Journal , Buckley will have you laughing and reflecting in equal measure.
In his first book of essays since his 1997 bestseller, Wry Martinis , Buckley delivers a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing. Tackling subjects ranging from "How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski" to "A Short History of the Bug Zapper," and "The Art of Sacking" to literary friendships with Joseph Heller and Christopher Hitchens, he is at once a humorous storyteller, astute cultural critic, adventurous traveler, and irreverent historian.
Reading these essays is the equivalent of being in the company of a tremendously witty and enlightening companion. Praised as "both deeply informed and deeply funny" by The Wall Street Journal , Buckley will have you laughing and reflecting in equal measure.
ISBN:
9781476749518
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LITERATURE Humor Buc | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
LITERATURE Humor Buc | Wheatley (Shandon) | Nonfiction | In |