Man Bites Town: Notes of a Man Who Doesn't Take Notes

Shearer, Harry.

ISBN 10: 0312088426 / ISBN 13: 9780312088422

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993

About this Item

Hard Cover. SIGNED by author. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 236 pages. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very light foxing to top edge, with a touch of mild shelf wear to DJ, else a very nice and clean copy. No marks, no tears, no chips, not a remainder, not price clipped. Protected in a new Brodart cover. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate affixed to inside of front board.; Signed by Author(s).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man Bites Town: Notes of a Man Who Doesn't Take Notes
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312088426
• ISBN 13: 9780312088422
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The well-known humorist presents a collection of his columns from the "Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine," discussing such people and issues as Madonna, L.A. police chief Daryl Gates, and breast implants

Reviews

From 1989 to 1992, actor and television writer Shearer contributed a humor column to the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine , informed by his own brand of sophisticated, rueful satire. Brief newspaper columns rarely translate into worthwhile books, but this collection is consistently entertaining. Shearer comments pithily on the regional scene, including L.A. restaurants, Santa Monica's homeless people and California drivers ("I blame the decline in the quality of local vehicular behavior on the influx of people who learned to drive primarily by watching The Blues Brothers "). Other targets loom larger: invited to a White House Christmas party, Shearer observes, "The notion of exchanging wishes for peace on earth with the man who, at that moment, was building up a huge armed force half a world away held a certain goofy charm for me." Each of these byte-size essays has shape, style, wit and, above all, a resonance that echoes beyond its brief confine.
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