Laughter's Gentle Soul The Life of Robert Benchley

Name: Laughter's Gentle Soul The Life of Robert Benchley
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ISBN: 9780393333350

ISBN-10: 0393333353

ISBN-13: 9780393333350

Edition: N/A

Authors: Billy Altman

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Few American writers have ever achieved the widespread acclaim and multidimensional popularity attained by Robert Benchley (1889-1945) during the first half of this century. A charter member, along with close friends Dorothy Parker, Robert Sherwood, and Harold Ross, of the Notorious "Vicious Circle" that held court at the Algonquin Hotel in the Roaring Twenties, Benchley was many things to many people: a best-selling author of hilarious books chronicling the comic futility of the human condition, a sharp-witted theater critic whose reviews graced the pages of the original Life and The New Yorker for nearly two decades, and a much sought-after radio personality and feature film actor who…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.02" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English