The Trouble with Nowadays: A Curmudgeon Strikes Back

Author:   Cleveland Amory
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
ISBN:  

9780345297204


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 May 1981
Format:   Paperback
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The Trouble with Nowadays: A Curmudgeon Strikes Back


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A Crusty Curmudgeon and Charter Member of The Society to Put Things Back The Way They Were, bestselling author Cleveland Amory offers the last word on everything that has made a shambles out of modern life. Servants- ""I have often wondered where all the good, old-fashioned servants have gone. They must be somewhere, they couldn't have all died."" The Government- ""The only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Republicans are socialists and the Democrats are communists."" Women- ""The day I put 'Ms.' on a letter of mine, it'll be either to someone else's mistress or the Bureau of Msing Persons."" Children- ""Remember, children are, no matter how much we detest them, the you and me of tomorrow."" Foreign Affairs- ""Every damn president since I can remember has been so in love with foreign policy that they're just like a schoolboy with a new girl."" Religion- ""Nowadays Sunday is just one more excuse to do whatever you damn please.""

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Author:   Cleveland Amory
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.266kg
ISBN:  

9780345297204


ISBN 10:   0345297202
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 May 1981
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Cleveland Amory (1917-1998),who had been called ""the premier protector of animals on this planet,"" wrotethreeNew York Timesbestsellers about his cats-The Cat Who Came for Christmas, The Cat and the Curmudgeon, andThe Best Cat Ever. A former columnist forSaturday Review, the chief critic forTV Guide, and contributing editor ofParademagazine, Amory founded theFund for Animalsin 1967, from whose headquarters in New York City he directed his far-flung anticruelty operations.

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