description: Hundreds of humorous, eminently quotable similes, from Shakespeare to Seinfeld. This truly original compendium presents 800 amusing examples of that well-loved figure of the simile. (For those whom grammar is but a distant the resemblance of one thing to another, usually introduced by as or like). Each writer, from the Bard to modern-day ``similists'' as diverse as Martin Amis, P.G. Wodehouse, Ruby Wax, D.H. Lawrence, Raymond Chandler, Martin Amis, and Jerry Seinfeld, gives flight to astute and witty comparisons. Arranged by subject, the similes range from the stylishly succinct (John Updike's ``Sex is like only too much is enough.'') to the utterly baroque (Dave Barry's pronouncement on a popular ``Tastes like rat saliva.''). 192 pp 4 1/2 x 7
language: English
title: Shall I Compare Thee?: A Witty Collection of Quotable Similes
titlecomplete: Shall I Compare Thee?: A Witty Collection of Quotable Similes
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publisher: Prion Books