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S.J. Perelman A Life

S.J. Perelman A Life Hardcover - 1986

by Herrmann, Dorothy

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Putnam Pub Group. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 039913154X . White / grey hardcovers in Near Fine condition with a solid binding and an unmarked text. A stamp to the front free end paper with some tanning to the pages. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good+ condition with light cover edgewear and scuffing. "This is a biography of S. J. Perelman, an American wit and sardonic humourist who won international acclaim as a writer for the "New Yorker" and as a contributor to the Marx brothers' "Animal Crackers" and "Horse Feathers" and to the classic "Around the World in Eighty Days" for which he was awarded an Oscar and as a radio and television personality. The man is also described as an extremely complex, often troubled individual. From his poverty-stricken childhood to his days at Brown University, from his constant struggles with his work to his consuming relations with Nathaniel West (his wife's sister) , this portrait is filled with unpublished anecdotes illuminating a personality at once elusive, sad tormented and uproariously funny. "; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.20 inches; 337 pages .
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  • Title S.J. Perelman A Life
  • Author Herrmann, Dorothy
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
  • Pages 337
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Putnam Pub Group, New York
  • Date 1986
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 18450
  • ISBN 9780399131547 / 039913154X
  • Weight 1008 lbs (457.22 kg)
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century - Biography, Humorists, American - 20th century -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 85030072
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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