{"product_id":"books-quite-enough-of-calvin-trillin-by-calvin-trillin","title":"Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant . . . The dean of American comic writers showcases his varied talents mocking the public and private lives of politicians, average citizens and himself.--\u003ci\u003eThe Star-Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place--in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e in one-man off-Broadway shows, in his deadline poetry for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e in comic novels, and in what \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e called simply the funniest regular column in journalism. Now Trillin selects the best of his funny stuff and organizes it into topics like high finance (My long-term investment strategy has been criticized as being entirely too dependent on Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes) and the literary life (The average shelf life of a book is somewhere between milk and yogurt). He addresses the horrors of witnessing a voodoo economics ceremony and the mystery of how his mother managed for thirty years to feed her family nothing but leftovers (We have a team of anthropologists in there now looking for the original meal). He even skewers deserving political figures in poetry. In this, the definitive collection of his humor, Calvin Trillin is prescient, insightful, and invariably hilarious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA literary treasure . . . There is only one Calvin Trillin, and if he didn't exist we would have to invent him.--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFunny is to Trillin what drinking is to Uncle Jed in \u003ci\u003eAnnie Get Your Gun\u003c\/i\u003e--it's what he does 'natur'lly.' He's also a lot more than funny. \u003ci\u003eQuite Enough of Calvin Trillin\u003c\/i\u003e is the twenty-eighth book he's published over not far short of a half-century, and their range of subjects is remarkable.--Jonathan Yardley, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTrillin made his reputation over four decades as the author of 'U.S. Journal' in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e  but he] is incapable of resisting the temptation of comedy. The jokes kept on welling up and Mr. Trillin made a parallel reputation as a writer of funny stuff.--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWry, whip-smart, understated, and entertaining.--\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508336189713,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781400069828.jpg?v=1778144465","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-quite-enough-of-calvin-trillin-by-calvin-trillin","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}