Short Circuits
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the pen of Canada's most celebrated humorist comes Short Circuits, a sparkling collection of satirical sketches and comic essays that train a sharp, irreverent eye on the absurdities of modern life. Stephen Leacock, a master of wit and social observation, presents a parade of follies drawn from everyday existence — puncturing pomposity, lampooning convention, and finding the ridiculous lurking behind the respectable façade of contemporary society. In the tradition of his celebrated earlier works, Leacock illustrates his singular genius for blending the warmly human with the sharply ironic, crafting pieces that are at once broadly funny and quietly incisive. His prose is nimble and deceptively effortless, disarming the reader with laughter before landing a more considered commentary on the human condition. Published by the prestigious John Lane The Bodley Head, Short Circuits stands as further testament to a literary career that secured Leacock's reputation as the foremost English-language humorist of his era — leaving readers to wonder just which of their own cherished certainties he might dismantle next.
Author: Stephen Leacock
Format: Hardback
Published: 1928, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd
Genre: Humour
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the pen of Canada's most celebrated humorist comes Short Circuits, a sparkling collection of satirical sketches and comic essays that train a sharp, irreverent eye on the absurdities of modern life. Stephen Leacock, a master of wit and social observation, presents a parade of follies drawn from everyday existence — puncturing pomposity, lampooning convention, and finding the ridiculous lurking behind the respectable façade of contemporary society. In the tradition of his celebrated earlier works, Leacock illustrates his singular genius for blending the warmly human with the sharply ironic, crafting pieces that are at once broadly funny and quietly incisive. His prose is nimble and deceptively effortless, disarming the reader with laughter before landing a more considered commentary on the human condition. Published by the prestigious John Lane The Bodley Head, Short Circuits stands as further testament to a literary career that secured Leacock's reputation as the foremost English-language humorist of his era — leaving readers to wonder just which of their own cherished certainties he might dismantle next.