Here, 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 also the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent wobbling.In hysterical flights of inspirational sanity we are introduced to a cast of characters only Allen cou ...Full description
Here, 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 also the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent wobbling.In hysterical 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, he is explosively funny. In โThis Nib for Hire,โ a Hollywood bigwig comes across an authorโs book in a little country store and describes it in a way that aptly captures this magnificent volume: โActually,โ the producer says, โIโd never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before.โPraise for Mere Anarchy:INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERโThe stories inMere Anarchy deliver the same joys and foibles that have been with its author from the start.โโJanet Maslin, The New York TimesโUproarious . . . In each story the ornate and the vulgate slam together and make it rain polysyllabic absurdity.โโThe Wall Street JournalโNostalgically enjoyable . . . The stories in Mere Anarchy deliver the same joys and foibles that have been with its author from the start.โโThe New York TimesโBrilliant neurotica . . . unfailingly entertaining . . . [an] obsessive and seriously funny book.โโLos Angeles Times Book ReviewโLike the Carnegieโs one-pound sandwiches, Allenโs literary slapstick is . . . comedy on wry.โโUSA Today