Author:Woody Allen
'I am greatly relieved that the universe is finally explainable. I was beginning to think it was me.' Thus begins 'Strung Out', Woody Allen's hilarious application of the laws of the universe to daily life. Mere Anarchy, Woody Allen's first collection in over 25 years, features eighteen witty, wild and intelligent comic pieces - eight of which have never been in print before.
Surreal, absurd, rich in verbal play, bitingly satirical and just plain daft in the mode we have grown to love from his finest films, this flight-of-fancy collection includes tales of a body double who, mistaken for the film's star, is kidnapped by outlaws; a pretentious novelist forced to work on the novelisation of a Three Stooges film; a nanny secretly writing an expose of her Manhattan employers; crooks selling bespoke prayers on eBay; and how to react when you're asked to finance a Broadway play about the invention and manufacture of the adjustable showerhead.
Allen is the funniest man in the world. Buy this book at once
—— the TimesOne of the world's funniest writers
—— Irish TimesMere Anarchy breaks a 27-year drought for fans of Allen the literary prankster. It more than justifies the wait... His stories are delicious confections: virtuoso turns, tipsy on their own linguistic ingenuity
—— IndependentIf Allen had lived in Augustan England scholars would now be considering him alongisde Dryden, Pope and Swift
—— Daily TelegraphTouched by genius
—— Glasgow HeraldHe is surely a genius in that he has created his own unique recognisable world
—— Sunday TimesWonderfully funny ... meticulously crafted
—— Time OutHayles turns a wry, detached eye on the superficially reasonable ambitions of those driven insane by modern life...Hayles has a nicely twisted mind
—— TribuneFinely offbeat...original, dark, sick, nasty...and often hilarious
—— Sunday SportDamned funny. Sharp, punchy, writing, well executed ideas and lashings of irony make for a gripping read
—— Knave MagazineVery good indeed. Flinty, fiery and funny
—— Independent on SundayPoignant and wonderful story...concentrates, without effort, all Malouf's themes...it needs to be read
—— Prospect
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