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The Fran Lebowitz Reader - (Paperback)

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  • In the vein of Lebowitz's acclaimed Netflix limited series, Pretend It's a City--The Fran Lebowitz Reader brings together two of the famed author's bestsellers, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies.In "elegant, finely honed prose" (The Washington Post Book World), Lebowitz limns the vicissitudes of contemporary urban life--its fads, trends, crazes, morals, and fashions.
  • About the Author: Fran Lebowitz still lives in New York City, as she does not believe that she would be allowed to live anywhere else.
  • 352 Pages
  • History, United States

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In the vein of Lebowitz's acclaimed Netflix limited series, Pretend It's a City--The Fran Lebowitz Reader brings together two of the famed author's bestsellers, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies.

In "elegant, finely honed prose" (The Washington Post Book World), Lebowitz limns the vicissitudes of contemporary urban life--its fads, trends, crazes, morals, and fashions. By turns ironic, facetious, deadpan, sarcastic, wry, wisecracking, and waggish, Fran Lebowitz is always wickedly entertaining.



Review Quotes




"A great read." -Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC's Tonight Show

On METROPOLITAN LIFE
"Hilarious...an unlikely and perhaps alarming combination of Mary Hartman and Mary McCarthy.... To a dose of Huck Finn add some Lenny Bruce, Oscar Wilde and Alexis de Tocqueville, a dash of cabdriver, an assortment of puns, minced jargon, and top it off with smarty pants." --The New York Times

"Her humor made me laugh aloud and call friends to read passages to them." --Newsweek

On SOCIAL STUDIES
"Right on the mark.... Among the things she hates this time...baggage-claim areas, high tech, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan." --Newsweek

"Unique.... Lebowitz offers vocational guides for aspiring heiresses, popes, empresses; manuals for landlords; guidance to the rich who wish to meet the poor." --Vogue



About the Author



Fran Lebowitz still lives in New York City, as she does not believe that she would be allowed to live anywhere else.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: Vintage
Theme: State & Local, General
Format: Paperback
Author: Fran Lebowitz
Language: English
Street Date: November 8, 1994
TCIN: 77267461
UPC: 9780679761808
Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-5551
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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