comes across an author's book in a little country store and describes it in a way that aptly captures this magnificent volume: "Actually," the producer says, "I'd never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before." Praise for Mere Anarchy: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "The stories in Mere Anarchy deliver the same joys and foibles that have been with its author from the start." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Uproarious . . . In each story the ornate and the vulgate slam together and make it rain polysyllabic absurdity." -The Wall Street Journal "Nostalgically enjoyable . . . The stories in Mere Anarchy deliver the same joys and foibles that have been with its author from the start." -The New York Times "Brilliant neurotica . . . unfailingly entertaining . . . [an] obsessive and seriously funny book." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Like the Carnegie's one-pound sandwiches, Allen's literary slapstick is . . . comedy on wry." -USA Today