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And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey
Harper
September 2009
On Sale: September 15, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 0061780189
EAN: 9780061780189
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A hilariously funny, touching, and revelatory book from
one of America's preeminent humorists In his plays, his screenplays, and his writing for the New
Yorker and Premiere, Paul Rudnick has established himself as
a comic master whose talents transcend genre. Now, in I
Shudder, he trains his wickedly perceptive eye on everything
from his New Jersey family to Hollywood to demented
alcoholic Broadway stars waving swords. At his Uncle Rudy's
funeral, Rudnick's beloved Aunt Lil put one hand on her
husband's coffin and her other hand on Rudnick's shoulder
and said, "Your Uncle Rudy always loved you. He never
understood why, in your writing, you had to use that kind of
language, but he loved you." Charming and touching, I Shudder is rendered in Rudnick's
gorgeous, zinger-laden prose and reminds us of the need to
keep our tongues sharp in the midst of life's many obstacles
and absurdities. Here is one of the most accomplished
collections in years, from a writer who ranks with David
Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs as one of our most gifted and
hilarious social observers.
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