Frank Gannon, Author . Warner $23.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-446-52678-4
Comic essayist Gannon, a first-generation American, serves up a tangy, tasty Irish stew that mixes memories with mythology and facts with fables. Examining Ireland from an American perspective, Gannon begins with a study of stereotypes ("In the...
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Frank Gannon, Author Viking Books $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-81481-7
Intentionally absurd juxtapositions and skillful parodies characterize these 20 sketches by New Yorker contributor Gannon, the title piece of which has Sylvester Stallone yearning to write and star in a film based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe....
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Frank Gannon, Author Penguin Books $5.95 (14p) ISBN 978-0-14-009743-6
Picasso's mailman and garbage collector pay him tribute; a Great Books scholar takes over Las Vegas; Sylvester Stallone yearns to star in a film based on the life of Poe. ""Intentionally absurd juxtapositions and skillful parodies characterize these
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Frank Gannon, Author Viking Books $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-670-82080-1
Many of these 21 slim satirical send-ups by the author of Yo, Poe are amusing but not laugh-aloud funny. This is particularly true of his parodies of Joyce Carol Oates (on boxing), Jackie Collins, Jay McInerney and minimalist fiction. There are...
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Frank Gannon, Author Longstreet Press $17.95 (131p) ISBN 978-1-56352-097-6
Essentially a gag writer rather than a humorist, Gannon ( Yo, Poe! ) is an excellent gag writer indeed, literate and quick to lead readers onto a rug and then to pull it out from under them. His principal comic devices are the non sequitur and the...
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