Mere Anarchy
by Woody Allen
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Author: Woody AllenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-12
ISBN: 1400066417
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Random House
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Book Review: SJ Perelman is Alive and ... Well?
Summary: 4 Stars
SJ Perelman wrote for the Marx Brothers in the 1930's and won a screenplay Oscar for "Around the World in 80 Days" in '56. But he is best remembered for his numerous articles published in the New Yorker Magazine. Perelman would spot a quirky newspaper story or magazine article and write a story or short playlet about it. Using alter egos such as JS Peebelman and JP Pringleman, Perelman would portray himself as a hapless every man frustrated by the aburdities of life. Another feature of his work was a vocabulary that could send even the most well-read scrambling for the Oxford Dictionary. In the first few stories in "Mere Anarchy", Woody Allen (remember him?) seeks to connect with his inner Perel-man borrowing SJ's style right down to the news blurbs and mind-boggling vocabulary. Interestingly, the Perelman clones are not as amusing as the later stories in "Mere Anarchy" where Allen writes with a style more reminiscient of "Getting Even" and "Without Feathers". When Allen knocks off the knock offs and sticks with his own writing style, he's funnier. As for the Master? Check out: "The Most of SJ Perelman" and "The Best of SJ Perelman".
Summary of Mere Anarchy
"I am greatly relieved that the universe is finally explainable. I was beginning to think it was me."-Woody AllenHere, in his first collection since his three hilarious classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, Woody Allen has managed to write a book that not only answers the most profound questions of human existence but is the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent wobbling.
"I awoke Friday, and because the universe is expanding it took me longer than usual to find my robe," he explains in a piece on physics called "Strung Out." In other flights of inspirational sanity we are introduced to a cast of characters only Allen could imagine: Jasper Nutmeat, Flanders Mealworm, and the independent film mogul E. Coli Biggs, just to name a few. Whether he is writing about art, sex, food, or crime ("Pugh has been a policeman as far back as he can remember. His father was a notorious bank robber, and the only way Pugh could get to spend time with him was to apprehend him") he is explosively funny.
In "This Nib for Hire," a Hollywood bigwig comes across an author's book in a little country store and describes it in a way that aptly captures this magnificent volume: "Actually," the producer says, "I'd never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before."
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