Great Writers on Getting What You Want When You Want It
A collection of writings on the fine art of deception includes contributions by Woody Allen, James Thurber, S.J. Perelman, Groucho Marx, Mark Twain, Russell Baker, and Dorothy Parker
Before the notion of "political correctness" encroached on the ways people spoke, wrote, and conducted themselves in public and private, some of America's best writers embraced unsafe sex, excessive alcohol, and a good cigar. From the classically libidinous Henry Miller to the hilariously contemporary Fran Lebowitz, Drinking, Smoking and Screwing includes novel excerpts, essays, poems, and short stories in a bawdy and thoroughly entertaining anthology with no warnings -- and no apologies.