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“Russell Baker is the Alka-Seltzer of the American experience… the most effective comic relief available for the agonizing absurdities we encounter every day.”—Houston Chronicle
“Baker is the supreme satirist of this half century… When it comes to satire of a controlled but effervescent ferocity, nobody can touch Baker.” —Washington Post Book World
From one of America’s greatest humorists comes this collection of more than a hundred anecdotes and essays. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and author of the bestselling memoir, GROWING UP, Russell Baker offers humorous reflections on his youth, being rich, the joy of anger, male weepie films and whatever happened to statuesque females.
“It is not that Russell Baker is funny, his genius is being so true that nothing remains but to laugh.” —John Kenneth Galbraith
“Baker, like Andy Rooney, looks into things that keep all our lives from being ordinary.” —Chattanooga News-Free Press
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Russell Baker has charmed readers with his sharp humor and shrewd commentary. The indelible voice of the bestselling memoir GROWING UP compiles some of his greatest work in this collection of honest, witty, and profound essays—reflecting on politics, society, and life in all its absurd glory.