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Viva la Repartee : Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History's Great Wits and Wordsmiths
Viva la Repartee Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History's Great Wits and Wordsmiths
Author: Mardy Grothe
For most of us, that perfect retort or witty reply often escapes us when we need it most, only to come to mind with perfect clarity when it's too late to be useful. The twentieth-century writer Heywood Broun described this all-too-common phenomenon when he wrote "Repartee is what we wish we'd said." In Viva la Repartee, Dr. Mardy Grothe, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060789480
ISBN-10: 0060789484
Publication Date: 11/1/2005
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Collins
Book Type: Hardcover
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