How I Beat Coca-Cola and Other Tales of One-Upmanship / Carl Djerassi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Djerassi, Carl.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin ; London, England : Terrace Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Carl Djerassi crafts a shrewd collection of comedies of manners, exposing the foibles of elite tribes-business executives, chefs, scientists, professors, musicians, and other clever characters. They spar in battles of one-upmanship using class, education, gender, or prestige as their weapons, sometimes leaving damaged bystanders in their wake but sometimes finding their superiority deflated by unexpected turns of events.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1. How I Beat Coca-Cola

2. The Dacriologist

3. Castor'sDilemma

4. Sleight of Mind

5. Maskenfreiheit

6. First-Class Nun

7. Noblesse Oblige

8. The Psomophile

9. The Glyndebourne Heist

10. The Futurist

11. What's Tatiana Troyanos Doing in Spartacus's Tent?

12. The Toyota Cantos

Author's Note.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299295035

0299295036

OCLC:

889271098