The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of His Favorites

Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humorists of his time; his influence--on contemporaries such as E. B. White, James Thurber, and S. J. Perelman, or followers like Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor--has left an indelible mark on the American comic tradition. The Benchley Roundup collects those pieces, selected by Benchley's son Nathaniel, which seem to stand up best over the years-a compendium of the most endearing and enduring work from one of America's funniest and most penetrating wits.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous.
--Robert Benchley

Author: Robert C. Benchley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10/01/2001
Pages: 359
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.33w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9780226042183
ISBN10: 0226042189
BISAC Categories:
- Humor | Form | Essays

About the Author
Robert C. Benchley (1889-1945), a premier humorist of his time and member of the Algonquin Round Table, wrote for the New York World and New York Tribune Graphic as well as many other periodicals; his work was widely syndicated and anthologized.