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The 50 Funniest American Writers: According To Andy Borowitz (2011)

by Andy Borowitz(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1598531077 (ISBN13: 9781598531077)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Library of America

review 1: This anthology is a Whitman's Sampler of comedic writing. Some hits, some missess, all enough of a taste to getting an idea of the author's voice. Interesting to see the range of what falls under humor.I wish, however, there had been some context for each piece. It's not always obvious if the writing was merely humorous, fictional or memoir, satire, sarcasm, or just blatantly outlandish. Not that each joke needs to be revealed beforehand, but a sentence or two about the historical atmosphere or the author's style might be helpful.
review 2: Count on the Borowitz name like a Good Housekeeping seal of approval. Every daily dose of satire in the Borowitz Report unfailingly delivers.That kind of reliability makes the fantastic flop, “The 50 Funniest American ... moreWriters According to Andy Borowitz” all the more puzzling. He may, in fact, have identified the top 50 writers. He did not, however, pick the 50 funniest stories. He barely picked five stories I found funny at all. Others suggest that the oldest stories need context for the contemporary reader to fully understand, and they might be on to something. But who picks up a humor book to forcibly dissect it like a high school student? Not me.For all the glowing Goodreads reviewers praising Mark Twain and The Onion (and the rest of the book), we know you only read the cover.Enjoy some classic Sedaris and relive "National Lampoon’s Vacation" in John Hughes’ "Vacation ’58." Then just set it down. No, first read through the list of writers, and maybe their mini-bios at the end. Then put it down. Really, you won’t miss a thing. less

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