In this grab bag of previously published work, essayist and journalist Calvin Trillin offers a wide-ranging assortment of writings—travel and food pieces, political commentary, poetry, memoir, and excerpts from a novel—united by their ability to make the reader laugh, and laugh hard. For those new to Trillin, this volume is a convenient introduction to his prodigious body o (...)
October 21, 2011
Books
The Chicken Always Wins
Quite Enough of Calvin TrillinForty Years of His Funny StuffCalvin TrillinRandom House, $26, 368 pp.
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