Filled with humorous observation of modern life, this witty take on dinner parties, pets, and other occasions for bared fangs takes readers on a tour of the petty cruelties that lie waiting just beneath the thin veneer of civilization. 50,000 first printing.
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Winner of a Robert F. Kennedy Prize, a Peabody Award, an Emmy, and two Polk awards, Roger Rosenblatt is University Professor of Writing at Long Island University Southampton College. He writes essays for Time magazine and for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He lives in Manhattan and Quogue, Long Island.
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper to language expert and journalist William Safire: "April 1, 2003 / For Bill and Helene -- / More idle chatter from their old friend, Roger." Octavo; 177 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $18 price. Black paper on spine with orange paper over boards. Lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket is clean and bright, no tears. Bottom front right corner bumped. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 5804