Coyote V. Acme
, by Frazier, IanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780312420581 | 0312420587
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/9/2002
The title essay ofCoyote v. Acme, Ian Frazier's second collection of humorous essays, imagines the opening statement of an attorney representing cartoon character Wile E. Coyote in a product liability suit against the Acme Company, supplier of unpredictable rocket sleds and faulty spring-powered shoes. Other essays are about Bob Hope's golfing career, a commencement address given by a Satanist college president, a suburban short story attacked by the Germans, the problem of issues versus non-issues, and the theories of revolutionary stand-up comedy from Comrade Stalin. From first to last, this is Frazier at his hilarious best.