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About Alice
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Trillin's homage to his late wife Alice, the woman he never quit trying to impress.
Copyright Date: 2006
Family Man
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Calvin Trillin begins his wise and charming ruminations on family by stating the sum total of his child-rearing advice: "Try to get one that doesn't spit up. Otherwise, you're on your own."
Copyright Date: 1998
Floater
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Fred Becker is a floater at a magazine, filling in for temporary vacancies at the various departments. In this comedic gem, he wonders if a news tip he received is true or not. There are wonderful characterizations of the various members of the news staff.
Copyright Date: 1980
A Heckuva Job: More Of The Bush Administration In Rhyme
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Trillin deals with the people around Bush, such as Nanny Dick Cheney, Mushroom Cloud Rice and many others. He tries to predict the behavior of the famously hot-headed John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations in poems.
Copyright Date: 2006
If You Can't Say Something Nice
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Dozens of Trillin's columns that appeared as columns published in The Nation or were distributed for publication through King Features Syndicate.
Copyright Date: 1987
Killings
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Sudden deaths are quite interesting to reporters, as the essays in this book will attest.
Copyright Date: 1984
Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration In Rhyme
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Calvin Trillin employs everything for describing George Bush's rescue when commenting on the President's casual acknowledgment, after months of trying to persuade the nation otherwise, that there was never any evidence of Iraqi involvement in 9/11.
Copyright Date: 2004
Remembering Denny
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Author examines the life of Denny, the emblematic college hero of 1957 America. From Denny's Yale graduation and turn as a Rhodes Scholar to his eventual suicide as a middle-aged, mid-level academic, author charts the mysterious course of a life.
Copyright Date: 1993
Runestruck
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: The wonderful story of a cryptic rune stone which two plunk-headed gas station attendants find while clamming in Maine. Everyone in town either becomes a Viking enthusiast (for tourism) or a skeptic (for a variety of reasons).
Copyright Date: 1977
Tepper Isn't Going Out
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Murray Tepper would say that he is an ordinary New Yorker who is simply trying to read the newspaper in peace. But he reads while sitting behind the wheel of his parked car, and his car always seems to be in a particularly desirable parking spot.
Copyright Date: 2001
Too Soon To Tell
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Compiled from his syndicated column and from his pieces in The New Yorker, this whimsical, uproarious collection presents Calvin Trillin's witty take on all the zany people, happenings, and events that have so boldly colored life so far in the 1990s.
Copyright Date: 1995
Travels With Alice
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: This delightful book collects Calvin Trillin's accounts of his trips to Europe with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters.
Copyright Date: 1989
The Tummy Trilogy
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Calvin Trillin informs America that its most glorious food is not to be found at the pretentious restaurants he refers to generically as La Maison de la Casa House, Continental Cuisine.
Copyright Date: 1983
Uncivil Liberties
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Anecdotes and satires on United States politics and government, as Trillin wrote them during his years as a columnist at The Nation.
Copyright Date: 1982
With All Disrespect: More Uncivil Liberties
by Trillin, Calvin
Synopsis: Can a conservative laugh at a column in a pinko magazine like The Nation if the columnist is intending to be funny? His entire political philosophy seems to be summed up in the phrase, "It's too soon to tell." Sure, he made Reaganities angry with his revelation that Nancy Reagan was called Bubbles in high school, but that essay seemed motivated more by his keen journalistic instincts than by any ideological fervor.
Copyright Date: 1985