Conversations with S. J. Perelman

by Tom Teicholz

Book Overview

What a pleasure this book affords! In these pages one of the delights of sophisticated conversation lives again. The interviews collected in this book comprise a treasury of wit. Perelman (1904-1979) was one of America's best writers and, undeniably, one of its wittiest talkers. His great ability to take the tired English language and make it new and shiny was perhaps his most amazing feat. For his seemingly effortless contributions to the world of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617033359
• ISBN13: 9781617033353
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"