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fhimet's review
3.0
I have no idea how I came across this book, but I enjoyed it. Don't expect each of Benchley's essays to be on the same level, and instead, appreciate his witty approach to describing life's commonalities. It was entertaining to compare how much still holds and the parallels. Granted, you can't exactly relate to how the world was during the early twentieth century, but you might laugh at how 100 years later, people have remained relatively the same. I laughed at the quirky way he described making a line at a postal office and how the workers appear to have always been a little cranky.
holtfan's review
4.0
Some very amusing short stories. I love the self-depreciating humor that simultaneously mocks and accepts. A good sense of the ridiculous too
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