The Big Curmudgeon

出版者:Black Dog & Leventhal Pub

作者:Winokur, Jon 编

页数:640

出版时间:2007-5

价格:$ 14.63

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9781579126971

Curmudgeon: definition 1. A crusty, ill-tempered churlish old man. 2. (modern) Anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone who points out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner. This anthology contains 2,500 outrageously irreverent quotations and interviews with world-class grumpy old men and women, including Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, John Cleese, Hunter S. Thompson, Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, Quentin Crisp, Clive James, Jessica Mitford, Nancy Mitford, Malcolm Muggeridge, Prince Phillip, and Evelyn Waugh.