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Subtitle: the best of Wolcott Gibbs from The New Yorker
By: Wolcott Gibbs ; foreword by P.J. O'Rourke ; edited and introduced by Thomas Vinciguerra
Contributors: Vinciguerra, Thomas J.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 667
ISBN-13: 9781608195503
Other titles: New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
Work titles: Selections
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: the top ten reasons why we should still read Wolcott Gibbs (and the top ten reasons why we don't anymore) / by P.J. O'Rourke; title: Introduction / by Thomas Vinciguerra; title: The editorial we: "notes and comment" and "the talk of the town"; title: Some matters of fact: Profiles; title: They write as I please: parodies; title: Some troubles I've seen: casuals; title: So-so stories: short stories; title: Wounds and decorations: theater and film criticism; title: Thoughts of infinity: personal and professional essays.