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A hilariously funny, touching, and revelatory book from one of America's preeminent humorists
In his plays, his screenplays, and his writing for the New Yorker and Premiere, Paul Rudnick has established himself as a comic master whose talents transcend genre. Now, in I Shudder, he trains his wickedly perceptive eye on everything from his New Jersey family to Hollywood to demented alcoholic Broadway stars waving swords. At his Uncle Rudy's funeral, Rudnick's beloved Aunt Lil put one hand on her husband's coffin and her other hand on Rudnick's shoulder and said, "Your Uncle Rudy always loved you. He never understood why, in your writing, you had to use that kind of language, but he loved you."
Charming and touching, I Shudder is rendered in Rudnick's gorgeous, zinger-laden prose and reminds us of the need to keep our tongues sharp in the midst of life's many obstacles and absurdities. Here is one of the most accomplished collections in years, from a writer who ranks with David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs as one of our most gifted and hilarious social observers.
Author's Note ix
The Sisters 1
Lordy 31
I Shudder: Hallie Tesler 49
Hewen and Schifty 61
Sixty Seconds 79
I Shudder: Yumbies 91
Good Enough to Eat 101
Enter Trembling 111
I Shudder: Intimacy-Why? 133
In Pieces 157
I Hit Hamlet 171
I Shudder: Good and Evil 187
Life and Death and New Jersey 211
I Shudder: Mr. Christmas 245
At the Chelsea Hotel 279
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Overview
In his plays, his screenplays, and his writing for the New Yorker and Premiere, Paul Rudnick has established himself as a comic master whose talents transcend genre. Now, in I Shudder, he trains his wickedly perceptive eye on everything from his New Jersey family to Hollywood to demented alcoholic Broadway stars waving swords. At his Uncle Rudy's funeral, Rudnick's beloved Aunt Lil put one hand on her husband's ...