Side Effects
A humor classic by one of the funniest writers today, SIDE EFFECTS is a treat for all those who know his work and those just discovering how gifted he is. Included here are such classics as REMEMBERING NEEDLEMAN, THE KUGELMASS EPISODE, a new sory called CONFESSIONS OF A BUGLAR, and more.
A humor classic by one of the funniest writers today, SIDE EFFECTS is a treat for all those who know his work and those just discovering how gifted he is. Included here are such classics as REMEMBERING NEEDLEMAN, THE KUGELMASS EPISODE, a new sory called CONFESSIONS OF A BUGLAR, and more.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345343352 (0345343352)
Publish date: September 12th 1986
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
American,
Contemporary,
Short Stories,
Fiction
Non-stop anedotes blasted at the listener, because it is read by the authorNeedlemanThe CondemmedCan't be bothered further in listing story titles...3* Without Feathers3* Side EffectsTR Getting EvenTR Mere AnarchyTR Interviews4* Zelig
Woody Allen has that way of writing awkward attractions and selfish motivations that is forgiving and neat. He ties up the loose ends, but then at the same time, there is always an absurdity to the tying up. The characters will probably never be content, but somehow I, as their audience, am left c...
Worth reading, if only for The Kugelmass Episode.
Worth reading, if only for The Kugelmass Episode.
I had intended to read Woody Allen's humor in order of publication but botched it. I'm glad I did, as I finished with his 1979 high note. Side Effects is the only one I read that felt finished; that each piece was considered, refined, and completed with the reader in mind. And I laughed quite a bit.
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