Nobody Better Better Than Nobody

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 920.073 EAN: 9781558215986 ISBN: 1558215980 Label: The Lyons Press Manufacturer: The Lyons Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 1997-08-01 Publisher: The Lyons Press Studio: The Lyons Press
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Editorial Reviews: Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody is a collection of five extended essays that appeared in The New Yorker from 1978 to 1986. In the tradition of A. J. Liebling and Joseph Mitchell, Frazier raises journalism to high literary art. His vivid stories showcase a strange and wonderful parade of American life, from portraits of Heloise, the syndicated household-hints columnist, and Jim Deren, the urban fly-fisher’s guru, to small-town residents in western Kansas preparing to celebrate a historic, mutual massacre, to which they invite the Cheyenne Indians’ descendants with the promise of free bowling.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Always the charmer! Comment: This collection of essays from Frazier's work at the New Yorker is pure delight. First published in 1979, the material dances on the edge of "dated" without ever falling in. The content of his essays range from a trip to Oberlin, KS to an interview with rather eccentric Russian artists in New York. Frazier has a gift for making the mundane somehow sublime, a gift for picking up the previously unnoticed detail, turning it over in his hand, showing the facets to the reader. If you have enjoyed Frazier's work before, this selection will not disappoint. More Reviews