The Fun of It
Stories from The Talk of the Town
$50.10
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2001
Summary
William Shawn once called The Talk of the Town the soul of the magazine. The section began in the first issue, in 1925. But it wasn’t until a couple of years later, when E. B. White and James Thurber arrived, that the Talk of the Town story became what it is today—a precise piece of journalism that always gets the story and has a little fun along the way.
The Fun of It is the first anthology of Talk pieces that spans the magazine’s life. Edited by L…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375756498 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375756493 |
| Author: | Lillian Ross, David Remnick, E.B. White, James Thurber, John Updike |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2001 |
| Weight: | 687g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 151mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Modern Library |
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About The Author
Lillian Ross
As Lillian Ross writes in her Preface, Talk stories have today evolved into the sharpest, funniest, and often timeliest short-form writing in the history of the magazine. These little (a thousand words or less) gems now bear out the ultimate refinement of what Harold Ross wanted his magazine to be.
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