Nat Shaprio Editor (1 results)
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 300 pages. cover worn, This book is dedicated to the proposition that There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Chosen with reckless impartiality, the quotations that follow assiduously lay waste to art, automobiles, and astrology; besmirch the fa ir names of beauty, Beethoven, and James Bo…nd; calumniate children, Christmas, a nd civilization?well, you get the idea. A vast abundance of diverse and widely scattered sources ? literary and otherwise ? was meticulously mined to prod uce this collection of invective and insult. It is a distillation of venom from the pens of great misanthropes throughout history and in our time. For those who are hostile, perverse, frustrated, disenchanted, or disillusioned, this book is offered as a purgative for pique, a cathartic celebration. The hopelessly optim istic, the incorrigibly romantic, and anyone who holds anything sacred are advis ed to proceed with caution through these spleen-filled pages. So let the reader, amply forewarned, revel in rancor and luxuriate in loathing.
