num_pages: 226
description: This collection has 36 stories "The Gentleman is Cold," "Everything is Wild," "Mr. Preble Gets Rid of His Wife," "Hell Only Breaks Loose Once," "If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox," and "How to See a Bad Play." The London Times said, "There may be greater humorists writing in America today than James Thurber, but none with quite his individual touch and his flavor."
language: English
title: Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze
titlecomplete: Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze
genres: Essays, Humor, Short Stories, Fiction, American
ratings_count: 163
publisher: Amereon Ltd