The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race

by Krassner, Paul; Vonnegut, Kurt

• ISBN13: 9781888363449
• ISBN10: 1888363444
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-06
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

Now in paperback, unforgettable stories -- part fact, part fantasy -- by America's foremost counterculture historianAfter newscaster Harry Reasoner wrote in his memoirs that "(Paul) Krassner not only attacked establishment values, he attacked decency in general", Krassner named his one-person show "Attacking Decency in General". The same irreverence is apparent in The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race, the acclaimed collection of Krassner's most recent stories as well as his most famous satirical pieces from past years, all presented in reverse chronological order.Child prodigy violinist, Mad magazine contributor, Lenny Bruce's obscenity coach, cofounder - with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin -- of the Yippies, and writer/publisher of The Realist since 1958, Paul Krassner endures as an intrepid, unrehabilitated counterculture torch-bearer. His writings, Swiftian in form and contemporary in subject matter, seamlessly blend factual reporting and flagrant misstatement. "Truth", says Krassner, "is Silly Putty". In Krassner's world, Lyndon Johnson chuckles over the corpse of JFK, a Senator's aide reveals "Why I Leaked the Anita Hill Affidavit", and when Krassner "interviews" Nancy Reagan, "Just say no to drugs" becomes "if anyone tries to sell you an ounce of marijuana for $500, that's way too expensive, so just say no"."Krassner has the rare ability to alter one's perception permanently". -- Los Angeles Times

Author Biography

PAUL KRASSNER cut his teeth as a journalist at Mad magazine, worked with Lenny Bruce, and with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin founded the Yippies. In 1958 he founded the satirical magazine The Realist and has published it discontinuously ever since. His autobiography, Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1994. More recently, The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race, a collection of his best satire, was published by Seven Stories Press in 1996. His album We Have Ways of Making You Laugh is available from Mercury Records. He lives in Venice, California with his wife Nancy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 15
Introduction: The President's Penis	p. 17
Who Killed Jerry Rubin?	p. 45
Growth in Fear Stocks	p. 105
The Last Dan Quayle Joke	p. 113
The Dirty Tricks Convention	p. 117
Why I Leaked the Anita Hill Affidavit	p. 125
An Interview with Nancy Reagan	p. 129
On the 200th Anniversary of the First Amendment	p. 139
George Bush Sends a Message to Saddam Hussein	p. 141
Spike Lee Meets Tom Wolfe	p. 145
A Letter to Dick Gregory	p. 149
I Snorted Cocaine with the Pope	p. 153
Theologically Correct Condoms	p. 159
The Mime and the Pacer	p. 163
Murder at the Humor Conference	p. 169
And Whose Little Monkey Are You?	p. 185
Hypnotic Age Regression of a Television Addict	p. 193
A Sneak Preview of Richard Nixon's Memoirs	p. 205
Thomas Eagleton Seagull	p. 241
I Just Got Back from an Orgy	p. 273
The Parts Left Out of the Kennedy Book	p. 283
Don't Get Involved	p. 291
How I Spent My First Acid Trip	p. 301
Life Goes to a Cease-Fire	p. 307
An Obituary for Lenny Bruce	p. 309
Confessions of a Guilty Bystander	p. 321
Castro and the Kennedy Convertible	p. 331
Psychita	p. 333
The First Negro President	p. 345
Sex Education for the Modern Catholic Child	p. 347
A Child's Primer on Telethons	p. 349
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