- Unknown Binding: 286 pages
- Publisher: Cape (1965)
- ASIN: B0000CMLC8
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Funniest book ever written,
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This review is from: A Mother's Kisses (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this back in the early 60's when I was about 14 or so. I am still laughing. You will not believe the way this guy writes.It is indescribable. If you are lucky enough to come upon a copy, buy it. You will be so glad you did. Bruce Jay Friedman is a national treasure. His take on life is at first glance quite askew..but, upon further reading, you will find that he "writes" like you "think." I've never experienced this with any other writer. Check out his other books, as well...especially the Lonely Guy's book of Life.
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A very funny and elliptically deep book,
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This review is from: A Mother's Kisses (Paperback)
I first read this in the late 1960s and laughed aloud at its funny and subtle humor. Every turn is unexpected and yet makes sense. Friedman's memoir is called "Lucky Bruce" in reference to Kinsgley Amis's "Lucky Jim" and the book is in Lucky Jim's class, completely memorable after 40 years.
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The laughter of adolescence has an emptiness about it,
By Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: A Mother's Kisses (Paperback)
Not every funny book is as funny as you would like it to be, and not every funny book makes you happy inside. There are kinds of funny books which in opposite make you feel that your pleasure is empty, and that you after you have laughed yourself out feel sadder.This is the way I remember ' A Mother's Kisses' a funny book but something whose irreverence made me feel a bit not alright. It was not in any case one of those books that I put aside, and told myself I must reread, simply because it was so so enjoyable. "The Catcher in the Rye" Or "Portnoy's Complaint" This was for me an amusing book , and one well worth reading and enjoying. But not more.
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Once, when he was five, a Negro woman had been assigned to watch him through the summer, allowing him to wander only twenty paces in each direction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Kansas Land, Aunt Hester, Ben Boone, Dick Kenzie, Windsor College, Doc Salamandro, East Side, The Blue, Commander Vanderhuysen, Goatback Hotel, Havana Madrid, New England, Thank God New!
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Once, when he was five, a Negro woman had been assigned to watch him through the summer, allowing him to wander only twenty paces in each direction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
camper waiters, hygiene inspector, professional waiter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Kansas Land, Aunt Hester, Ben Boone, Dick Kenzie, Windsor College, Doc Salamandro, East Side, The Blue, Commander Vanderhuysen, Goatback Hotel, Havana Madrid, New England, Thank God New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Far From the City of Class by Bruce Jay Friedman in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Now and Then by Heller Joseph on page 237
- Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays (Studies in Modern Drama) by Sandor Goodhart on page 258, and Back Matter
- Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops by Ken Mandelbaum on page 186
- The Current Climate by Bruce Jay Friedman in Front Matter
- About Harry Towns by Bruce Jay Friedman in Front Matter
- All His Jazz: The Life And Death Of Bob Fosse by Martin Gottfried on page 428
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