Description
All the pieces in this book appeared originally in The New Yorker except for the following: The Discovery and Use of the Fake Ink Blot first appeared in Playboy; Viva Vargas! first appeared in the Evergreen Review; A Twenties Memory first appeared as How I Became a Comedian, in Panorama, Chicago Daily News. Count Dracula, Conversations with Helmholtz, and Mr. Big were published in Getting Even for the first time.
Table of Contents
3 - The Metterling Lists
10 - A Look at Organized Crime
15 - The Schmeed Memoirs
21 - My Philosophy
26 - Yes, But Can the Steam Engine Do This?
31 - Death Knocks
42 - Spring Bulletin
48 - Hassidic Tales
54 - The Gossage-Vardebelian Papers
62 - Notes from the Overfed
68 - A Twenties Memory
72 - Count Dracula
78 - A Little Louder, Please
85 - Conversations with Helmholtz
92 - Viva Vargas!
100 - The Discovery and Use of the Fake Ink Blot
103 - Mr. Big