Thousands of loyal Fran Lebowitz

fans--those constant readers of her

columns "1 Cover the Waterfront" in

Andy Warhol s Interview and "The

Lebowitz Report" in Mademoiselle

--have been eagerly awaiting this

gathering of assorted delights, For

those of you who have not yet

discovered the writer British Vogue

calls "the natural successor to

Dorothy Parker," Metropolitan Life

will turn you into an instant Le-

bowitz addict.

Here, in one ferociously witty~ ell

swoop, is American life today: its

fads, crazes, trends, morals, and

fashions--what they are, what they

mean to us, and what we can do to

keep them in their place

With the brilliance exhibited only

by inspired curmudgeons, Fran Le-

bowitz takes on even/thing from

conceptual art to mood jewelry,

from self-awareness training to our

pious love for the common house

plant. For the perplexed urbanite,

Miss Lebowitz sets down guidelines

for a future populated by a more

appealing breed of children; cites

the cause of heterosexuality as

overcrowding in artists colonies;

and reports on the New York Olym-

pics, with gold medals in party