Book Review: Mere Anarchy

Downloaded on my Kindle for $15 or so. Having read Getting Even, Side Effects and Without Feathers many years ago, seen all of his movies and most of his plays, I wanted to be a completist and read this more recent collection of short pieces from Woody Allen so I can say I've read and seen everything he's written. A mildly amusing group, relying on obscure vocabulary and cultural touchstones. A lot of the material is dated--musicals no longer have out-of-town try-outs in Philly, Boston or Baltimo' and no one reads the tiny ads in newspapers anymore. But there are funny lampoons of The Maltese Falcon (a million-dollar truffle is substituted for the famous blackbird) and In Cold Blood (instead of getting murdered, victims have their mattress tags removed).