{"product_id":"crazy-like-a-fox-the-classic-comedy-collection-paperback","title":"Crazy Like a Fox: The Classic Comedy Collection - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. J. Perelman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoshua Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beloved classic returns: S. J. Perelman's own selection of the very best of his hilarious stories and sketches \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Joshua Cohen (\u003ci\u003eThe Netanyahus\u003c\/i\u003e) reintroduces America's zaniest humorist to a new generation of readers \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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 sensibility--his gift for wordplay, witticism, spoofery, and sheer nonsense--on better display than in his classic collection \u003ci\u003eCrazy Like a Fox\u003c\/i\u003e, here restored to print for the first time in decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a playful, loving tribute to the funny man, novelist Joshua Cohen--also an erudite wordsmith and punster--introduces Perelman's sui generis comic pieces to a new generation of readers, certain to fall in love with the writer whom \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e once noted for his ability \"to transform the common cliché or figure of speech into an exploding cigar.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded here are such beloved classics as: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Joycean virtuoso performance \"Scenario\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"A Farewell to Omsk,\" Perelman's hilarious homage to Dostoevsky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand \"Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer,\" his side-splitting send-up of the hardboiled detective fiction of Raymond Chandler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is Perelman's own selection of the very best of his inimitable humor, restored to print for the first time in decades.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSidney Joseph Perelman\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-1979) was a longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he first published many of his humorous essays and sketches, and travel pieces. He also wrote film scripts for the Marx Brothers and shared an Oscar in 1956 with James Poe and James Farrow for the screenplay of \u003ci\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ\u003cb\u003eoshua Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Netanyahus\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and several other works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eWitz\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eBook of Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and \u003ci\u003eMoving Kings\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) as well as the nonfiction work \u003ci\u003eATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.2 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749020401952,"sku":"9781598537789","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/db51fb7e16cd650251eb3b938d407689.webp?v=1779923149","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crazy-like-a-fox-the-classic-comedy-collection-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}