false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184338423m/1500524.jpg 1500524 3 Ian Frazier, our champ in the nearly empty field of "Humorist, Brainy Division," offers up another collection of short pieces. Though not quite the equal of 1986's splendid <i>Dating Your Mom</i>, <i>Coyote V. ACME</i> still leaves almost any other funny book far, far behind. There are occasionally empty sections, but <i>Coyote V. ACME</i> hits more than it misses. <p> Frazier's talent is like that of a master safecracker: he never leaves any fingerprints. He recreates the tone and tics of a commonplace document--a letter from a bank President, or a legal brief--but ever so slyly lets flickers of absurdity emerge and build. Here's evidence of his style, from the title piece: <br> "In addition to reducing all Mr. Coyote's careful preparations to naught, the premature detonation of Defendant's product resulted in the following disfigurements to Mr. Coyote: <br> 1. Severe singeing of the hair on the head, neck, and muzzle.<br> 2. Sooty discoloration.<br> 3. Fracture of the left ear at the stem, causing the ear to dangle in the aftershock with a creaking noise." <p> As with most written humor, the closer you pay attention, the more Frazier's pieces yield. So settle in, and read <i>Coyote V. ACME</i> carefully--you won't be disappointed. 1491941 book 1996 Coyote V. Acme total:83|5:16|4:23|3:34|2:8|1:2| 83 292 113 12 1 0 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 16 13:58:16 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 21:02:07 -0700 2009
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