Bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the story of theclassic Marx Brothers wartime satire
Duck Soup. As always, Blount isinformed yet informal, tongue-in-cheek yet tempered, providing the perfectvoice to recount the irreverent antics of Harpo, Chico, Groucho, and Zeppo. Readers of
HarpoSpeaks,
The Essential Groucho, and
Monkey Business and fans of
Animal Crackers,
A Night at the Opera and the Marx Brothers' other timelesscomedies--as well as all fans of Blount's witty and insightful books like
Alphabet Juice and
Feet on the Street and listeners to NPR's weekly news quiz,
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me--will becaptivated by the lyrical humorist's compelling, behind-the-scenes storytellingof the 1933 classic film.