Funny business : the legendary life and political satire of Art Buchwald

9780593229514

First edition

xxv, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) and index

Part I: From class clown to our Trib man in Paris. "Plastered in Paris" : early years and the comic charms of Paris (1948-1952) ; Raising the stature of ink : funny business at the Herald tribune (1953-1960)
Part II: "Down the Seine and up the Potomac". "Salinger's folly" and "bounties of the banned" : with the Kennedys on the New Frontier (1961-1963) ; Brumus, Batman and Buchwald "Buchshots" : a satirist in a mad, mad world, the tumultuous 1960s ; Buchwald-at-large : a day in the life of a humorist
Part III: The world according to art. The great Joe Mayflower feud : Buchwald on Broadway (1969-1970) ; "Cruise director on the titanic" : Buchwald in the Nixon years (1969-1974) ; "Say amen, Art Buchwald, say amen" : laughing through the Carter years (1976-1979) ; Joining the Hertz five star credit card club : goodbye Carter, hello Reagan (1980s) ; A satirist wins a Pulitzer, but loses his humidor (1982-1988)
Part IV: Tears of the clown. A matter of honor : Buchwald v. Hollywood, act I (1982-1988) ; Drama in Department 52 : Buchwald v. Hollywood, act II (1989-1995) ; Buchwald blues : years of laughter, years of sorrow (1991-1995) ; "There's life in the boy yet" : Buchwald is back! (1997-2000) ; "I just don't want to die the same day as Castro" : the last glorious bit of laughter (2000-2007)

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Buckley, Christopher, 1952- writer of foreword