The Algonquin Wits: Bon Mots, Wisecracks, Epigrams and Gags
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Editor: Robert E. DrennanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-01-01
ISBN: 0806509473
Number of pages: 180
Publisher: Citadel
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Book Review: Wonderfully witty!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are acquainted with the writings and personalities of Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott and other distinguished wits who lunched in the '30s and early '40s at their special table in New York's Algonquin Hotel, you will especially relish this small but golden collection of their sophisticated one-liners - mostly barbed put-downs. But even if those names are unfamiliar to you, I think you'll enjoy this book if you appreciate sophisticated repartee. Incidentally, one member of the select group was Harpo Marx, who never uttered a word while performing as the zaniest of the Marx Brothers. A couple of Harpo's sallies are included in this delightful compilation.
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