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Metropolitan Life
Fran Lebowitz

Metropolitan Life

Fawcett (Jan 12, 1982)
9780449241691
| Mass Market Paperback
222 pages | 4.1 x 6.7 inch | English
$ 2.95

Genre

  • Essays

Subject

  • Humor

Plot

Manners. Vocational guidance for the truly ambitious ; Modern sports ; Breeding will tell : a family treatment ; Disco hints : the new etiquette ; Better read than dead : a revised opinion ; Children : pro or con? ; A manual : training for landlords ; Success without college ; Specialty banking : a numbered account ; The right of eminent domain versus the rightful dominion of the eminent ; The family affair : a moral tale ; Guide and seek : I'm O.K., you're not ; A world view ; Notes on "trick" --
Science. The nail bank : not just another clip joint ; Digital clocks and pocket calculators : spoilers of youth ; Weak speech handsets : aid for the dull ; The primary cause of heterosexuality among males in urban areas : yet another crackpot theory ; Why I love sleep ; Good weather and its propensity to frequent the better neighborhood ; Plants : The roots of all evil ; Mars : living in a small way ; City limiting : the new geography ; Food for thought and vice versa --
Arts. Not in the : mood jewelry ; Clothes with pictures and/or writing on them : yes ; another complaint ; Soho : or not at home with Mr. Art ; Color : drawing the line ; The sound of music : enough already ; A brush with death --
Letters. Writing : a life sentence ; In hot pursuit ; Or not CB : that is the answer ; The word lady : most often used to describe someone you wouldn't want to talk to for even five minutes ; Taking a letter ; Writers on strike : a chilling prophecy ; A few words on a few words ; No news is preferable.