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Quite Enough Of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years Of Funny Stuff (2011)

by Calvin Trillin(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1400069823 (ISBN13: 9781400069828)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Random House

review 1: The most boring Trillin book I've ever read. There were comical and smart parts, but on the whole it was disjointed and dry. Since I was reading it while traveling, it just became extra weight. If it wasn't a library book, I would have thrown it in the trash. I'll stick with his fiction and food writing. Those have always been a consistent win. -----He's hilarious. And spring is the time for lighthearted f-u-n.
review 2: I love these kind of books: pithy, energetic essays that last 1.5-2 pages. Calvin Trillin is clever and insightful, but disappointingly, resorts to crude language to get a laugh. He certainly doesn't need to, his ideas are charming enough, and his command of the language is such that he can certainly convey his ideas with originality and... more clean language. Having said that, for the most part, the language is limited; not in every essay or even every other essay. However, it is enough that it stood out to me. My favorite part was his dedication. It says: "My wife , Alice, appears as a character in many of these pieces. Before her death, in 2001, even the pieces that didn't mention her were written in the hope of making her giggle. This book is dedicated to her memory." I love a man who loves his wife whole-heartedly and lets it be known. less

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