Anything Can Happen - by Roger Rosenblatt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>These cautionary notes and hilarious stories pack the Rosenblatt punch. "Anything Can Happen" offers a class in "Tyranny for Beginners, " warns about the snares of dinner parties, and explains the mindset of barbarians. He forces readers to laugh at the silliness of the world, and refocuses minds on what really matters.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The author of the deft Rules for Aging returns with thirty hilarious and engaging tales about the everyday human comedy, forcing the reader to laugh out loud at the silliness of the world. <p/>Funny, ironic, and penetrating, Anything Can Happen is another rich and rewarding collection that demonstrates the agile wit that has endeared Roger Rosenblatt to readers everywhere.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"Rosenblatt is bright, funny and tells it like it is."--<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i> <br>The author of the deft <i>Rules for Aging </i>returns with thirty hilarious and engaging tales about the everyday human comedy, compelling the reader to laugh out loud at the silliness of the world. Funny, ironic, and penetrating, <i>Anything Can Happen</i> is another rich and rewarding collection that demonstrates the agile wit that has endeared Roger Rosenblatt to readers everywhere. <br>"[Rosenblatt] goes for laughs, but there's always a grain of truth there."--<i>The Times-Picayune</i> (New Orleans)<br>"A national treasure."--<i>United Press International</i> <br>Winner of a Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize, a Peabody Award, an Emmy, and two Polk awards, Roger Rosenblatt is University Professor of Writing at Long Island University's Southampton College. He writes essays for Time and for <i>The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</i>. He lives in Manhattan and Quogue, Long Island.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A literary gimlet two jiggers Oscar Wildean epigram, with a healthy splash of Woody Allen-like loopy pop culture references. <br>-- "Fort Worth Star-Telegram"<br><br>More scathing, and more offhandedly probing. <br>-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>Rosenblatt is bright, funny, and tells it like it is.<br>-- "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"<br><br>Sparkle and sting with Rosenblatt's trademark droll wit. <br>-- "Tulsa World"<br><br>PRAISE FOR ROGER ROSENBLATT AND ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN<br>"Roger Rosenblatt is one of our most gifted essayists--wise, witty, and insightful."--TOM BROKAW <p/>"With his clipped, clever drollery, his royal wryness, Roger Rosenblatt accentuates all of life's dark imponderables with a wonderful tint of humorous resignation."--FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM <p/><br>
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