Book description
'I am greatly relieved that the universe is finally explainable. I
was beginning to think it was me.' Thus begins 'Strung Out', Woody
Allen's hilarious application of the laws of the universe to daily
life. Mere Anarchy, Woody Allen's first collection in over 25
years, features eighteen witty, wild and intelligent comic pieces -
eight of which have never been in print before.
Surreal, absurd, rich in verbal play, bitingly satirical and just
plain daft in the mode we have grown to love from his finest films,
this flight-of-fancy collection includes tales of a body double who,
mistaken for the film's star, is kidnapped by outlaws; a pretentious
novelist forced to work on the novelisation of a Three Stooges film; a
nanny secretly writing an expose of her Manhattan employers; crooks
selling bespoke prayers on eBay; and how to react when you're asked to
finance a Broadway play about the invention and manufacture of the
adjustable showerhead.
Playwright, screenwriter, actor and director, Woody Allen's prolific
career has now spanned over four decades. He writes frequently for the
New Yorker
and is the author of three previous bestselling volumes:
Without Feathers
,
Getting Even
, and
Side Effects
.
