Bibliograph

Quite enough of Calvin Trillin, forty years of funny stuff, Calvin Trillin

Type

Label

Quite enough of Calvin Trillin, forty years of funny stuff, Calvin Trillin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Quite enough of Calvin Trillin

Oclc number

694394344

Responsibility statement

Calvin Trillin

Sub title

forty years of funny stuff

Summary

"For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has commiteed blatant acts of funniness all over the place"--Jacket flap. A collection of Trillin's writings, arranged roughly by category

Table Of Contents

Biographically speaking -- The Media: liberal elite and otherwise -- Tales of a clean-plate ranger -- High society and just plain rich people -- Criminal justice, criminals, justices, but (probably) no criminal justices -- Life among the literati -- Madly making money -- The years with Navasky -- Twenty years of pols: one poem each -- NYC -- Family matters -- Beasts of the field, fish of the sea, and chiggers in the tall grass -- English and some languages I don't speak -- Bagels, Yiddish, and other Jewish contributions to western civilization -- The sporting life -- Science, technology, and the healing arts -- Foreigners -- Issues and other irritations -- Seeing the world -- National holidays

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