S.J.Perelman: A Life
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Author: Dorothy Herrmann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 344
This is a biography of S.J.Perelman, an American wit and sardonic humourist who won international acclaim as a writer for the "New Yorker" and as a contributor to the Marx brothers' "Animal Crackers" and "Horse Feathers" and to the classic "Around the World in Eighty Days" for which he was awarded an Oscar and as a radio and television personality. The man is also described as an extremely complex, often troubled individual. From his poverty-stricken childhood to his days at Brown University, from his constant struggles with his work to his consuming relations with Nathaniel West (his wife's sister), this portrait is filled with unpublished anecdotes illuminating a personality at once elusive, sad tormented and uproariously funny. The author also wrote "With Malice Toward All".
Author: Dorothy Herrmann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 344
This is a biography of S.J.Perelman, an American wit and sardonic humourist who won international acclaim as a writer for the "New Yorker" and as a contributor to the Marx brothers' "Animal Crackers" and "Horse Feathers" and to the classic "Around the World in Eighty Days" for which he was awarded an Oscar and as a radio and television personality. The man is also described as an extremely complex, often troubled individual. From his poverty-stricken childhood to his days at Brown University, from his constant struggles with his work to his consuming relations with Nathaniel West (his wife's sister), this portrait is filled with unpublished anecdotes illuminating a personality at once elusive, sad tormented and uproariously funny. The author also wrote "With Malice Toward All".
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Dorothy Herrmann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 344
This is a biography of S.J.Perelman, an American wit and sardonic humourist who won international acclaim as a writer for the "New Yorker" and as a contributor to the Marx brothers' "Animal Crackers" and "Horse Feathers" and to the classic "Around the World in Eighty Days" for which he was awarded an Oscar and as a radio and television personality. The man is also described as an extremely complex, often troubled individual. From his poverty-stricken childhood to his days at Brown University, from his constant struggles with his work to his consuming relations with Nathaniel West (his wife's sister), this portrait is filled with unpublished anecdotes illuminating a personality at once elusive, sad tormented and uproariously funny. The author also wrote "With Malice Toward All".
Author: Dorothy Herrmann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 344
This is a biography of S.J.Perelman, an American wit and sardonic humourist who won international acclaim as a writer for the "New Yorker" and as a contributor to the Marx brothers' "Animal Crackers" and "Horse Feathers" and to the classic "Around the World in Eighty Days" for which he was awarded an Oscar and as a radio and television personality. The man is also described as an extremely complex, often troubled individual. From his poverty-stricken childhood to his days at Brown University, from his constant struggles with his work to his consuming relations with Nathaniel West (his wife's sister), this portrait is filled with unpublished anecdotes illuminating a personality at once elusive, sad tormented and uproariously funny. The author also wrote "With Malice Toward All".
S.J.Perelman: A Life