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S.J. Perelman

Born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

February 01, 1904

Died

October 17, 1979

Genre

Humor, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Sidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman, was a Jewish-American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker. He also wrote for several other magazines, as well as books, scripts, and screenplays.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 2,053 ratings · 253 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Most of S.J. Perelman 4.21 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1958 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Westward Ha! by S.J. Perelman, Al Hirschfield (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1948 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World of S.J. Perelman 3.92 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Most of the Most of S.J. Perelman 4.21 avg rating — 131 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acres and Pains 4.04 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1972 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crazy Like a Fox 4.25 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1944 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of S J Perelman 4.11 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1947 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Laugh: The Final Word from the First Name in Satire 3.76 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rising Gorge 3.92 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1942 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eastward Ha! 3.47 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The main obligation is to amuse yourself.”
― S.J. Perelman

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“I guess I'm just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil waiting to be turned into a chimpanzee, and I care not who writes the nation's laws.”
― S.J. Perelman

tags: government, sci-fi, science, science-fiction

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“Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin .. it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring”
― S.J. Perelman

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