If You can't Say Something Nice - Softcover

Trillin, Calvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140114831 ISBN 13: 9780140114836

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1988

Synopsis

The nationally syndicated columnist offers a new collection of witticisms, including composing a motto for the Nebraska license plate and plotting the murder of a neighbor who talks about gutter maintenance

About this title

From Library Journal:

All of the 63 essays here gathered appeared in the Nation or were distributed through syndication since December, 1984. Readers of Trillin's earlier collections ( Uncivil Liberties , With All Disrespect ) will find in this one precisely what they'd expect: a lively mind, smartly tailored prose, and a crisp point of view. He ranges easily over a variety of topics, few of any great importancethings like yuppies, a 25th wedding anniversary, a neon beer sign. He's never profound, but he's never dull either. One can only guess what might happen if he were to take some big risks, attempt some thornier subjects. That notwithstanding, Trillin enthusiasts will want this book, and others will like it. A.J. Anderson, Graduate Sch. of Library & Information Science, Simmons Coll., Boston
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

"Trillin's flair for parodying the mores and foibles of private citizens and public figures alike is showcased in this collection of amusing essays," observed PW . "Particularly apt" are his send-ups on wine snobbery, a specious Oreo cookies promotion and severance pay. Author tour.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0140114831
• ISBN 13: 9780140114836
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272