Mere Anarchy

Surreal, absurd, rich in verbal play, bitingly satirical and sometimes just daft, this collection of eighteen pieces includes tales of a body double - mistaken for the film's star - kidnapped by outlaws; a pretentious novelist forced to work on the novelization of a Three Stooges film; a nanny secretly writing an expose of her Manhattan employers; crooks selling bespoke prayers on ebay; and how to react when you're asked to finance a Broadway play about the invention and manufacture of the adjustable showerhead. Woody Allen's first collectio nin 25 years! What could he possibly have been waiting for? 160p.