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Max Shulman
Max Shulman (1919–1988) was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer best known as the author of Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1957), The Many Loves of...view moreMax Shulman (1919–1988) was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer best known as the author of Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1957), The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1951), and the popular television series of the same name. The son of Russian immigrants, Shulman was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and attended the University of Minnesota, where he wrote a celebrated column for the campus newspaper and edited the humor magazine. His bestselling debut novel, Barefoot Boy with Cheek (1943), was followed by two books written while he served in the Army during World War II: The Feather Merchants (1944) and The Zebra Derby (1946). The Tender Trap (1954), a Broadway play cowritten with Robert Paul Smith, was adapted into a movie starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds. His acclaimed novel Rally Round the Flag, Boys! became a film starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Shulman’s other books include Sleep till Noon (1950), a hilarious reinvention of the rags-to-riches tale; I Was a Teenage Dwarf (1959), which chronicles the further adventures of Dobie Gillis; Anyone Got a Match? (1964), a prescient satire of the tobacco, television, and food industries; and Potatoes Are Cheaper (1971), the tale of a romantic Jewish college student in depression-era St. Paul. His movies include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (with Debbie Reynolds and Bob Fosse) and House Calls (with Walter Mathau and Glenda Jackson). One of America’s premier humorists, he greatly influenced the comedy of Woody Allen and Bob Newhart, among many others.view less
Books by Max Shulman
Rally Round the Flag, Boys!: A Novel Anyone Got a Match?: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sleep till Noon: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Feather Merchants: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Barefoot Boy with Cheek: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Potatoes Are Cheaper: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Zebra Derby: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Was a Teenage Dwarf: Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Max Shulman
Potatoes are Cheaper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarefoot Boy with Cheek Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRally Round The Flag, Boys! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings