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Quite enough of Calvin Trillin forty years of funny stuff

"For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has commiteed blatant acts of funniness all over the place"--Jacket flap. A collection of Trillin's writings, arranged roughly by category.

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Main Author:	Trillin, Calvin
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012.
Edition:	2012 Random House Trade Paperback ed.
Subjects:	Trillin, Calvin. Politicians > Humor. Civilization > Humor. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. American wit and humor.
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Summary:	"For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has commiteed blatant acts of funniness all over the place"--Jacket flap. A collection of Trillin's writings, arranged roughly by category.
Item Description:	Originally published: New York : Random House, c2011.
Physical Description:	xvi, 340 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	0812982215 9780812982213 (pbk.) : 0812982215 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Calvin Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University and graduated in 1957; he later served as a Fellow of the University. He was born on December 5, 1935. He worked as a reporter for Time magazine before joining the staff of The New Yorker in 1963. His reporting for The New Yorker on the racial integration of the University of Georgia was published in his first book, An Education in Georgia. Family, travel and food are also themes in Trillin's work. Three of his books American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; and Third Helpings; were individually published and are also collected in the 1994 compendium The Tummy Trilogy. He has also written a collection of short stories Barnett Frummer Is An Unbloomed Flower (1969) and three comic novels, Runestruck (1977), Floater (1980), and Tepper Isn't Going Out (2001). Among his recent work, is Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor for Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff, in 2012. (Bowker Author Biography)