Alan Zweibel and Adam Mansbach, illus. by Neil Swaab. Disney-Hyperion, $12.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4847-1304-4
Zweibel (Our Tree Named Steve) and Mansbach (Go the F*** to Sleep) blend bathroom humor, postal time travel, and the indignities of seventh grade in this (mostly) epistolary novel. As part of a class assignment, Franklin "Ike" Saturday writes a...
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Alan Zweibel, Author . Villard $23.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6266-9
Told via flashbacks as its protagonist runs the New York City marathon, this very likable effort from a former Saturday Night Live
writer is the story of T.O. Shulman, New Jerseyan, stationary store owner and father of three who's gained and...
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Alan Zweibel, Author Villard Books $22 (248p) ISBN 978-0-345-50086-1
Saturday Night Live writing alum and Thurber Prize winner Zweibel (The Other Shulman) returns with a collection of essays, short stories and ephemera that should solidify his place among American satirists. The books starts off strong with ""Letters
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Alan Zweibel, Author Villard Books $14.95 (189p) ISBN 978-0-679-43085-8
As a writer for the original Saturday Night Live , Zweibel formed a fast friendship with comedienne Gilda Radner. This simple and sensitive memoir is based on their curious bond, a relationship that was always emotional but never physical. The...
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Alan Zweibel. Abrams, $27 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4197-3528-8
This zippy memoir by comedians’ comedian Zweibel (The Other Shulman) offers laughs on nearly every page. Though Zweibel’s name isn’t well known outside of comedy circles, he has worked with a who’s-who of stars, including Milton Berle and Larry...
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Alan Zweibel, Author, David Catrow, Illustrator , illus. by David Catrow. Putnam $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23722-5
Zweibel's first book for children serves as the chronicle of a family's beloved leafy cornerstone, told in flashback by a father to his children. From the moment they first saw the lot where their house would be built, Adam, Lindsay, Sari...
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Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel. Putnam, $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-399-15869-8
Humorists Barry (Tricky Business) and Zweibel (The Other Shulman) team up to spin the madcap adventure of Philip Horkman and Jeffrey A. Peckerman, who meet on the soccer pitch of a Fort Lee, N.J., girls’ 10-and-under league championship game, where...
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