Not That You Asked... - Hardcover

Rooney, Andy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394578376 ISBN 13: 9780394578378

Publisher: Random House, 1989

Synopsis

Presents more than 120 of the humorist's most recent and funniest columns on a variety of issues, ranging from politics to the condition of his backyard

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

st-loved curmudgeon offers a new collection of pithy insights on whatever happens to be on his mind.

From Publishers Weekly:

The whiny, white-haired leprechaun who dispenses cranky advice on CBS-TV's 60 Minutes as if his bromides about life's minor annoyances are raw pearls of wisdom will entertain his fans with this latest assemblage. Rooney, author of four previous books, has fun with easy targets such as the decline of romance, dull textbooks, the U.S. postal service, the dearth of good conversation, unwanted Christmas gifts and the Miss America contest. He skewers Americans' suspicious stance toward the Soviets ("I never met a Russian as mean and macho as Rambo") and pinpoints the use of sexist language ("No men ever get wed in the New York Times , just women"). Rooney has a knack of talking out of both sides of his mouth when discussing topics such as the arms race, student protest, global eco-catastrophe and the animal rights movement. Ambling from class reunions to credit cards, dogs, cats and the joys of spring in the city, these calculatedly curmudgeonly pieces touch on phenomena with which almost everybody can identify. BOMC featured alternate.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0394578376
• ISBN 13: 9780394578378
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1