I don’t think anyone does silly better than Calvin Trillin. After laughing my way through Tepper Isn’t Going Out and his parking dilemmas in Manhattan a while back, I thought I’d take Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin to the beach. As the subtitle says, it’s Forty Years of Funny Stuff. These essays are all written in Trillin’s smooth conversational style, so it’s very real when truly hysterical ideas come up at random. (Just what you want to have happen when you’re enjoying a great day at the beach.) I particularly liked: “Publishers Lunch,” “Errands,” “Long-Term Marriage,“ and “Unhealth Food.” Do not read any of the poems. They rhyme. Seriously.
~ Chris
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