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From: tonyw@ubvax.UUCP (Tony Wuersch)
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Subject: Re: The funniest book of the year
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Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 18:51:09 EST
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My nominee for funniest book of the year is "Duluth", by Gore
Vidal.

One reviewer in the book says this: "If S.J.Perelman and Max Shulman
had collaborated on an X-rated film for the Marx Brothers, it might
have been the basis of DULUTH ... outrageously, hysterically funny
... if you like burlesque at its wildest and rowdiest form, this
is for you."

Another says, "A genuine and ingenious send-up of everything stupid
in our culture ... DULUTH is good, frivolous, dirty fun.

I haven't laughed so much from a book in years!

Tony Wuersch
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