Humorists: From Hogarth to Noel Coward – Captivating Biographical Portraits of the Western World's Greatest Wits (P.S.)

€œIt is Johnson€s gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would€¦recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes.€ €"Washington Post Book World on Heroes

€œJohnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough.€ €"Wall Street Journal

Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world€s greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history€s sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson€s Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.