Cool, Calm & Contentious: Essays
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品牌: Merrill Markoe
基本信息出版社:Villard (2012年8月7日)平装:288页正文语种:英语ISBN:0345518926条形码:9780345518927商品重量:367 gASIN:0345518926亚马逊热销商品排名:图书商品里排第300,614名 (查看图书商品销售排行榜)第2位-图书>进口原版书>Entertainment（休闲娱乐）>Humor（幽默）>Parenting & Families第17位-图书>进口原版书>Entertainment（休闲娱乐）>Humor（幽默）>Essays您想告诉我们您发现了更低的价格?
商品描述内容简介“This is so well written. [When a book like this] comes along, it’s, like, ‘Thank you!’ What a great way to spend an afternoon, an evening, reading these essays. . . . Absolutely great.”—Jon Stewart
“[Merrill] Markoe is easily as funny as David Sedaris. She’s capable of manic riffs and acerbic skewering. Still, her good nature shines through.”—The Washington Post
In this hilarious collection of candid essays, including two pieces new to this edition,New York Timesbestselling author Merrill Markoe reveals much about her personal life—as well as the secret formula for comedy: Start out with a difficult mother, develop some classic teenage insecurities, add a few relationships with narcissistic men, toss in an unruly pack of selfish dogs, finish it off with the kind of crystalline perspective that only comes from years of navigating a roiling sea of unpleasant and unappeasable people, and—voilà—you’re funny!Cool, Calm & Contentiousis honest, unapologetic, sometimes heartbreaking, but always shot through with Merrill Markoe’s biting, bracing wit.
“This has been a great year for funny women. . . . Let’s call Tina Fey and Mindy Kaling exhibits A and B. Both owe a debt to those who came before, including Merrill Markoe.”—The Boston Globe
“Markoe’s goal is to find the absurdity in everyday life. That, coupled with her sharp wit, makes her writing sublime.”—BookPage
“Laugh-out-loud humor.”—Tampa Bay Times
“Not only crazy-funny, but crazy-heartbreaking.”—The New York Times媒体推荐Advance praise forCool, Calm & Contentious
“Now that I’ve read Merrill Markoe’s latest book, I’ve learned a lot—about virginity, fetishism, sociopaths and narcissists, and how she explained the BP oil spill to her dogs. Also that Merrill is funnier, smarter, and more honest than anyone any of us knows. Just accept it—I have.”—Winnie Holzman, creator ofMy So-called Life,co-author ofWicked
“Alarming and reassuring . . . Wait, that’s impossible.”—George Meyer, writer,TheSimpsons
PRAISE FOR MERRILL MARKOE
Nose Down, Eyes Up
“Read this novel for its nose-to-the-ground wisdom, for its unsentimental take on family, and for the funniest, furriest pack of jokesters this side of the Marx Brothers.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“Whimsical . . . an ideal place to bury your nose.”—Los Angeles Times
“Hilarious.”—Publishers Weekly
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down
“Bound to make you laugh out loud.”—People(four stars)
“Fun and charming . . . So spin around three or four times, curl up with your four-legged friend and enjoy.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“A delight.”—Boston Sunday Globe
From the Hardcover edition.