It’s sort of hard to be true to writing humor because you know how perishable it is.
The New Yorker staff writer
Ian Frazier delights in transporting his readers into a bizarre comedic universe in which everyday absurdities are taken to their logical conclusions. “Coyote v. Acme,” for example, reimagines the
Looney Tunes predator as a plaintiff in a lawsuit claiming repeated, grievous bodily harm. Frazier draws on a smattering of his most beloved humor pieces, including the legendary “Lamentations of the Father,” which somehow manages to nail both what it is like to be a parent and what it must be like to be God.