Word: grins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...headliner. If his name doesn't ring a bell, his face probably will. A veteran of many appearences on the Carson and Letterman shows, Maher simply is a funny guy. A graduate of Cornell, a private college in upstate New York, Maher's slight lisp, devilish chuckle and sly grin are those of the eternal class clown. His 45-minute routine--which nonetheless seemed to end too soon--traversed all of the stock subjects of stand-up. But his observations and insights on life at home, life at college, getting older, drugs, politics and, of course, sex, were original...
feminist arena with a mischievous grin...
...mediocre translation by Nancy Amphoux does not curb the book's tendency to ramble. Nevertheless Cat's Grin is an evocative novel about a time in history which many French would prefer to forget...
Maspero introduces the book with a quotation from Alice in Wonderland, in which the Cheshire Cat vanishes except for his grin. In the same way, Cat grins on, even as his hope for his family dwindles and he remains alone and cynical, keeping up the empty pretense of being a child...
...continues to grin, to fool those who watch him, his substance disintegrates and melts away. As Alice exclaims, "Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin...but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I've ever seen in my life...