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An edition of Coyote v. Acme (1996)

Coyote v. Acme

1st Picador USA ed.

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When Ian Frazier's first collection of humorous essays, Dating Your Mon, was published in 1986, Time's reviewer Paul Gray called it "hilarious" and warned readers to " read sparingly... By 1996 another collection may appear." And he was rights. Frazier's new collection, Coyote v. Acme, includes twenty-two more side-splitting glimpses into some of the more oddball corners of the American mind.

The title essay imagines the opening statement of an attorney for cartoon character Wile E. Coyote in a product liability suit against the Acme Company, supplier of unpredictable rocket sleds and faulty spring-powered shoes. Other essays are about the golfing career of comedian Bob Hope, a commencement address given by a Satanist college president, a suburban short story attacked by Germans, the problem of issues versus non-issues, and the theories of revolutionary stand-up comedy from Comrade Stalin.

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Picador USA
Language
English
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117

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American essays, American wit and humor, Wit and humor, Humor, general, New York Times reviewed
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1996, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Coyote versus Acme

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814/.54
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PN6162 .F729 2002, PN6162.F729 2002

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117 p. ;
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47995755
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