[Read and download] The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his Favorites
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| #734153 in Books | 2001-10-01 | 2001-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.87 x5.25l,.73 | File Name: 0226042189 | 359 pages
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A literary sorbet...|By Psyche|Several months ago, I discovered that Nathaniel Benchley (author of a Ghost Called Fred and Sam the Minuteman) was indeed the son of Robert Benchley. I also discovered that he put together a collection of his father's essays. And I also bought that collection and began reading it.
The Foreword of this book serves as a forewarning --|.com |Robert Benchley's wit appears effortless--it is a blend of autobiography, satire, the inconsequential, and the sudden surprise. At the start of "Fall In!" he muses, "It may be because I do not run as fast, or as often, as I used to, but I seem to be way
Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humorists of his time; his influence—on contemporaries such as E. B. White, James Thurber, and S. J. Perelman, or followers like Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor—has left an indelible mark on the American comic tradition. The Benchley Roundup collects those... [PDF.ci76] The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his Favorites Rating: 3.94 (734 Votes)
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