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S.J. Perelman

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born

February 01, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

died

October 17, 1979

gender

male

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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Books by S.J. Perelman

Average rating: 4.08 · 466 ratings · 46 reviews · 24 distinct works

	The Most Of S.J.Perelman 4.10 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Most of the Most of S.J. Perelman by S.J. Perelman, Steve Martin 4.36 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Westward Ha! 4.16 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1948 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Crazy Like a Fox 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1973	My rating:
	Best of S J Perelman 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1931 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Acres and Pains 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Last Laugh: The Final Word from the First Name in Satire 3.38 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Swiss Family Perelman: A Rollicking International Road Trip with America's Greatest Humorist by S.J. Perelman, Sidney J. Perelman, Al Hirschfeld (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1950 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Road to Miltown: Or Under the Spreading Atrophy 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1901 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Rising Gorge 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1942 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by S.J. Perelman

“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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“You'll have to leave my meals on a tray outside the door because I'll be
working pretty late on the secret of making myself invisible, which may take me almost until eleven o'clock.”
― S.J. Perelman

tags: captain , invisible , kick , meal , perelman , satire , work

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