Enough's Enough: And Other Rules of Life - Hardcover

Trillin, Calvin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899199585 ISBN 13: 9780899199580

Publisher: Ticknor & Fields, 1990

Synopsis

A collection of pieces by the acclaimed columnist provides insight on numerous aspects of daily life, from car alarms to presidential popularity

About this title

From Library Journal:

In spite of the frowns from the faithful, one is compelled to ask if enough isn't enough--at least for a while. How many of these triennial (or so) round-ups of Trillin's syndicated columns (in this case covering the years 1987 to 1990) does the typical library need to stock? There isn't a great deal to be said for or against this latest entry into the anthology sweepstakes. There are no new ingredients, no innovations in method. Trillin is still as discursive as the Walrus, though far less paradoxical. Out of everyday stuff he is able to spot things the ordinary eye misses. He is sprightly, nimble, and clever, but he never plunges very far beneath the surface. There is no investigation of whys and wherefores--things just are. Only for the definitive Trillin collection. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/90.
- A.J. Anderson, Graduate Sch. of Lib. & Information Science, Simmons Coll., Boston
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

In these 77 wide-ranging essays, selected from his syndicated column "Uncivil Liberties" and dating from 1987 to 1990, Trillin is clever and funny much more than half the time--a remarkably high average. The targets of his wit and scorn include Donald Trump, the "humble roots" of Senator Bob Dole, word processor spell-checks, teenage talk, telephone solicitors who call you by your first name, George Bush's trying to be taken for a regular guy and Ronald Reagan's selective deafness. Trillin tells what to do if you have a cockroach in your computer; exhorts you to send in, at the expense of the magazines, blank subscription cards; and advises Canada to deny that there's any such thing as a cold front. Virtually irresistible.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0899199585
• ISBN 13: 9780899199580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 251