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Tables of Contents for The Portable Curmudgeon
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
6
World-Class Curmudgeons
7
1
The Heart of a Curmudgeon
8
2
Quotes on ``A''
10
11
H. L. Mencken
21
5
Stirring Up the Animals
Mencken's America
26
4
Quotes on ``B''
30
7
John Simon
37
10
The Vicar of Vitriol Loves Animals
Paramours Lost: Simon on Assorted Actresses
47
5
The Critical Curmudgeon
52
7
Quotes on ``C''
59
17
Calvin Trillin
76
7
Sausage-Eating, Slothful Sweetheart
Quotes on ``D''
83
6
Quotes on ``E''
89
4
W. C. fields
93
3
A Definite Personality
A Flagon of Fields
96
1
Quotes on ``F''
97
9
George S. Kaufman
106
6
The Wittiest Man in America
George S. Kaufman anecdotes
112
6
Quotes on ``G''
118
8
Quentin Crisp
126
7
Courtly Curmudgeon
Quotes on ``H''
133
11
Karl Kraus
144
4
Word and Substance and Empty Chairs
Karl Kraus on The Life of a Misanthrope
148
1
Karl Kraus on Literature
149
2
Karl Kraus on Psychoanalysis
151
2
Quotes on ``I''
153
4
Quotes on ``J''
157
2
Quotes on ``K''
159
1
Paul Fussell
160
7
He Cries at the Indy
Quotes on ``L''
167
14
Oscar Levant
181
4
Total Recoil
Levant on Levant
185
2
Oscar Levant Anecdotes
187
2
Quotes on ``M''
189
12
Groucho Marx
201
4
The Dark One
Groucho Marx anecdotes
205
2
Quotes on ``N''
207
2
Quotes on ``O''
209
3
Quotes on ``P''
212
15
Dorothy Parker
227
3
Just a Little Jewish Girl Trying to Be Cute
Dorothy Parker Anecdotes
230
2
Quotes on ``R''
232
7
Fran Lebowitz
239
7
Manhattan Malcontent
Quotes on ``S''
246
15
Mike Royko
261
6
A Liberal's Conservative and Vice Versa
Quotes on ``T''
267
6
Quotes on ``U''
273
1
Quotes on ``V''
274
2
Ian Shoales
276
6
He's Gotta Go
Quotes on ``W''
282
10
Quotes on ``Y''
292
1
The Yuletide Curmudgeon
293
2
Roy Blount, Jr.
295
1
This Man Is Not a Murderer