``Lady vampires demand their own blood bank!'' Not one to let shame get in the way of compiling a funny book, Waldoks (co-editor, The Big Book of Jewish Humor, not reviewed) even looks at the front page of the Weekly World News, the tabloid of tabloids, from which he pulled the above headline. Also in the ``Miscellaneous'' section of mostly found humor are headlines from real newspapers (``Prostitutes appeal to pope''; ``Survivor of Siamese twins joins parents'') and a gag about not putting ``Descartes before the horse.'' Waldoks has also collected articles and essays by the likes of Emily Prager, Stanley Bing, and Douglas Coupland; sketches and short fiction from folks as diverse as Garrison Keillor and Karen Finley, the two of whom surely never expected to find themselves together between the covers (of the same book); and excerpts from longer works by Philip Roth, Andrei Codrescu, and others. Funny stuff, in all shapes and sizes, some of it cornball camp and some of it sophisticated.
Pub Date: Nov. 15, 1994
ISBN: 0-671-89940-6
Page Count: 256
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1994
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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