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list price: $19.95
edition:Paperback
category: Humor
published: Feb 2004
ISBN:9781550173307
publisher:
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Description
The author of Black Tie and Tales and Black in the Saddle Again, both winners of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, returns with a new collection guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and make you scratch your head at the absurdities of life in the early years of the new millennium. In slyly ironic, pointedly witty essays, Black takes aim at the vagaries of the English language, the moribund political correctness movement, and a host of rural and urban eccentrics. In fact, there's not much that Black won't write about, be it the banality of bumper stickers, the ingenuity of crows, or such everyday subjects as outhouses, hammocks and blue jeans. So sit down, settle back and loosen your belt to leave room for a belly laugh or three. Flash Black is witty, weird, one hundred percent Canadian and guaranteed to delight.
Editorial Reviews
"Arthur Black is outrageously funny, but . . . beneath that razor-sharp edge of brandished wit lies one very clever artist."
-Saskatoon Star Phoenix
— <i>Saskatoon Star-Phoenix</i> on Arthur Black
"He's sort of like your favourite crank uncle. Andy Rooney tries to play the same role on 60 Minutes, but he's not as good at it."
-Quill & Quire
— <i>Quill & Quire</i> on Arthur Black
"Black is a rapid-fire wit with an edge of comic outrage."
-Ottawa Citizen
— <i>Ottawa Citizen</i> on Arthur Black
"Arthur Black is a polished performer, full of wit and style."
-Toronto Star
— <i>Toronto Star</i> on Arthur Black
