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050	1	4	_aPN 6165 _bF465 2002
245	0	0	_aFierce pajamas : _ban anthology of humor writing from the New Yorker / _cEdited by David Remnick; Henry Finder
260			_aNew York : _bThe Modern Library, _c2002.
300			_axxi, 497 p. ; _c24 cm
505	0		_aSpoofs -- The frenzy of renown -- The war between men and women -- The writing life -- A funny thing happened -- Words of advice -- Recollections and reflections -- Verse.
520			_aWhen Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, he described it as a "comic weekly." And although it has become much more than that, it has remained true in its irreverent heart to the description, publishing the most illustrious literary humorists of the modern era, from Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker to Woody Allen and Steve Martin. This anthology gathers together the funniest work of more than seventy contributors. Parodists take on not only writers like Hemingway and Kerouac, but TV documentaries, Italian cinema, and etiquette books. Other pieces offer perspectives on the heights of fame, the depths of social embarrassment, and the ups and downs of love and sex. A rich selection of humorous verse includes caustic gems by Dorothy Parker, the effortless whimsy of Phyllis McGinley, and Ogden Nash's unforgettable slapstick prosody, as well as forays by luminaries who ought to have known better.--From publisher description.
650			_aAmerican wit and humor.
651		0	_aNew Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
650		4	_aHumor americano.
700	1		_aRemnick, David
700	1		_aFinder, Henry
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