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TheNewYorkeris,ofcourse,abastionofsuperbessays,influentialinvestigativejournalism,andinsightfulartscriticism.Butforeightyyearsit’salsobeenahoot.Nowanuproarioussamplingofitsfunnywritingscanbefoundinthiscollection,byturnssatiricalandwitty,misanthropicandmenacing.Fromthe1920sonward—butwithaspecialfocusonthelatestgeneration—herearethehumoristswhohavesetthepaceandstirredthepot,pulledthelegandpinchedthebehindofAmerica.ThecomiclineupincludesChristopherBuckley,IanFrazier,VeronicaGeng,GarrisonKeillor,SteveMartin,SusanOrlean,SimonRich,DavidSedaris,CalvinTrillin,andmanyothers.Iflaughteristhebestmedicine,Disquiet,Please!istrulyawonderdrug.