The Bedside Book of Insults
1827
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3.33
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160
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This is a lively collection of over 500 snipes and gibes, ranging from Oscar Wilde on Bernard Shaw, and Denis Healey on Harold Wilson, to Clive James on John McEnroe and Bernard Ingham on Craig Brown.
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Authors
William Cole
Author · 16 books
William Rossa Cole (1919-2000) was best known as an editor and anthologist. He was editor or author (or co-editor or co-author) of about 75 books, 50 of them anthologies. Three of his books were honored by the ALA: I Went to the Animal Fair in 1958, Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls in 1964, and The Birds and Beast Were There in 1965. He was an editor for Simon & Schuster and Viking, and a columnist for the Saturday Review. He died in summer 2000, at the age of 80.
