But Enough About You: Essays
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476749515 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Whether he is waxing sentimental over memories of Thanksgivings past, lamenting the price of cedar nuggets (you have to read it), eulogizing his longtime friend Christopher Hitchens, or practicing the art of name-dropping—which he can legitimately do with characteristic aplomb—he makes his topic worthy of his reader’s complete focus. That’s at the very least, and these are among his very best efforts. Whether he is humorist, vice-presidential speechwriter, political satirist, novelist, author, editor, essayist, travel writer, critic, or eulogist (sounds like he can’t hold a job, doesn’t it?), one thing Buckley always is is entertaining. To paraphrase a ubiquitous snack slogan, bet you can’t read just one! --Donna Chavez . What’s more, these assemb
He worked as a merchant seaman and White House speechwriter. Christopher Buckley is a novelist, essayist, humorist, critic, magazine editor and memoirist. He has written for many newspapers and magazines and has lectured in over seventy cities around the world. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the Washing
Humor and insights from a great writer Christopher Buckley long ago stepped out of the shadow of his father, the legendary William F. Buckley. He has certainly earned his place as a brilliant writer on his own merits. Besides his tremendously entertaining and humorous political novels, Christopher Buckley has written copiously for magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Forb. "the Best!" according to Deborah Nelson. A blend of humor, history and tragedy.the Best!. Hilarious --- this volume contains some of Buckley’s best one-liners. He doesn’t like the term “humorist,” but, as he tells us in the Preface to BUT ENOUGH ABOUT YOU, his entertaining new collection of essays, Christopher Buckley rejects second-class status on behalf of artists who are in “the business of trying to make people laugh.” As well he should. It’s not news that humor is one
Praised as “both deeply informed and deeply funny” by The Wall Street Journal, Buckley will have you laughing and reflecting in equal measure.. Christopher Buckley at his best: an extraordinary, wide-ranging selection of essays both hilarious and poignant, irreverent and delightful.In his first book of essays since his 1997 bestseller, Wry Martinis, Buckley delivers a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing. Tackling subjects ranging from “How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski” to “A Short History of the Bug Zapper,” and “The Art of Sacking” to literary friendships with Joseph Heller and Christopher Hitchens, he is at once a humorous storyteller, astute cultural critic, adventurous traveler, and irreverent historian.Reading these essays is the equivalent of being in the company of a tremendously witt