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...hero, to let him tell his own story in his own way. As a result, the book, which has a kind of self-generating power and authenticity, reads more like fictionalized memoirs than a novel. Self-educated, slum-bred Augie writes with a combination of raw, breezy slang and literary allusion that is often bouncy and effective, although too frequently his overenthusiastic prose is merely bloated. But Augie is a bubbling, vivacious fellow who knows how to smile at the world-and laugh at himself, and despite its faults of narrative, style and taste, the story is good enough...
...awfully hard to write. It was useless to discuss politics. We fell back upon endless analyses of books that Clara was reading-Shakespeare, Dickens, Jack London." When they could afford it, they telephoned, and Alf noticed that Clara's isolation led her to speak in dated British slang, with such expressions as "ripping" and "top-hole." Alf sent Clara dresses and a fur coat; he sent Nicky, the seven-year-old son he had never seen, a complete Hopalong Cassidy outfit with a "bristling armory of guns...
...Slang for the Amish, derived from the hooks and eyes they wear on their coats and vests instead of buttons...
...Real friends, indeed," said Prime Minister Mohammed Ali, who during his 14 months as Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. learned to like American food, slang and automobiles, and learned the value of the old American custom of saying thank you. While U.S. visitors, accustomed to Asian suspicion or dislike of the U.S., were still getting over their surprise, 98 camels were shuffled up with their carts, to take the wheat to the railroad station to be sent upcountry. Around the camels' scrawny necks hung placards in Urdu, reading: "Thank you, U.S.A...
...recondite to accomplished Scrabblers. Gnus are African antelopes, nix is accepted dictionary slang for "nothing" or "I don't allow," a zax is a sharp-pointed tool used in roofing, tut is a mild chiding exclamation...