Mere Anarchy

Here,inhisfirstcollectionsincehisthreehilariousclassicsGettingEven,WithoutFeathers,andSideEffects,WoodyAllenhasmanagedtowriteabookthatnotonlyanswersthemostprofoundquestionsofhumanexistencebutisalsotheperfectsizetoplaceunderanyshorttablelegtopreventwobbling.InhystericalflightsofinspirationalsanityweareintroducedtoacastofcharactersonlyAllencouldimagine:JasperNutmeat,FlandersMealworm,andtheindependentfilmmogulE.ColiBiggs,justtonameafew.Whetherheiswritingaboutart,sex,food,orcrime,heisexplosivelyfunny.In“ThisNibforHire,”aHollywoodbigwigcomesacrossanauthor’sbookinalittlecountrystoreanddescribesitinawaythataptlycapturesthismagnificentvolume:“Actually,”theproducersays,“I’dneverseenabookremainderedinthekindlingsectionbefore.”PraiseforMereAnarchy:INTERNATIONALBESTSELLER“ThestoriesinMereAnarchydeliverthesamejoysandfoiblesthathavebeenwithitsauthorfromthestart.”–JanetMaslin,TheNewYorkTimes“Uproarious...Ineachstorytheornateandthevulgateslamtogetherandmakeitrainpolysyllabicabsurdity.”–TheWallStreetJournal“Nostalgicallyenjoyable...ThestoriesinMereAnarchydeliverthesamejoysandfoiblesthathavebeenwithitsauthorfromthestart.”–TheNewYorkTimes“Brilliantneurotica...unfailinglyentertaining...[an]obsessiveandseriouslyfunnybook.”–LosAngelesTimesBookReview“LiketheCarnegie’sone-poundsandwiches,Allen’sliteraryslapstickis...comedyonwry.”–USAToday,