The 50 Funniest American Writers
Andy Borowitz
Library of America
Review<p>"Sublimely funny... This book is a treasure trove of laughter and an ideal gift for anyone who needs to be cheered up or refreshed, which these days means just about everyone you know."<br>- Nell Minow,&nbsp;<em><em>The Movie Mom</em></em><em><em><br></em></em></p><em><em><p>A <em><em>New York Time</em></em><em></em><em>s Best Seller<em></em></em></p><em><em><p>-- The New York Times</p><p>Editor's Choice and Best Seller</p><p>-- Buffalo News</p><p>"Hilarious. (October Must-Read)"</p><p>--Tressugar.com</p><p>"Surprisingly excellent. Anthologies of this sort rarely live up to their claims, but the selections here are a great representation of American humor from the last 100 years."</p><p>--Goodreads</p><p>"Sublimely funny. . . . This book is a treasure trove of laughter and an ideal gift for anyone who needs to be cheered up or refreshed, which these days means just about everyone you know."<br>-- Nell Minow, <em>The Movie Mom</em> <br></p><p>"An indispensable book for anyone who likes to laugh. A surprisingly satisfying and consistently funny collection that might be the best American humor anthology on the market." Grade: A. <br>-- Humor Lit Books Blog <br></p><p>"You NEED this book. It's hilarious fun." <br>-- R. L. Stine </p>Product Description<p>Ever wondered who makes a very funny person laugh? Wonder no more. Brought together in this Library of America collection are America’s fifty funniest writers—according to acclaimed writer and comedian Andy Borowitz. Reaching back to Mark Twain and forward to contemporary masters such as David Sedaris, Nora Ephron, Roy&nbsp;Blount Jr., Ian Frazier, Bernie Mac, Wanda Sykes, and George Saunders,<em> The 50 Funniest American Writers</em><em> is an exclusive Who’s Who of the very best American comic writing. Here are Thurber and Perelman, Lenny Bruce and Bruce Jay Friedman,&nbsp;Garrison Keillor, Dave Barry, and Veronica Geng, plus hilarious lesser-known pieces from </em>The New Yorker<em>, </em>Esquire<em>, </em>The Atlantic<em>, </em>National Lampoon<em>, and </em>The Onion<em>. Who does “one of the funniest people in America” (</em>CBS Sunday Morning*) read when he needs a laugh? Here’s Andy Borowitz to tell you.&nbsp;</p><p>First published in hardcover in October 2011,<em> The 50 Funniest&nbsp;American Writers</em><em>&nbsp;became the #1 humor book in the country and a</em>&nbsp;New York Times<em> bestseller in its first week of release. In this e-book edition, an excerpt from</em> Bored of the Rings* by Douglas Kenney and Henry Beard replaces Woody Allen's "A Look at Organized Crime," which appears in the hardcover edition. </p></em></em></em></em><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>