Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture--And the Magic That Makes It Work

Jesse David Fox

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From a beloved comedy critic, a wisecracking, heartfelt, and overdue chronicle of comedy’s boom - and its magic.

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Wuthering Heights

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A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker

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James

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End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland

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Ugliness

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Who Wants to Live Forever

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Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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What the River Knows

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