Hoosier childhood, 1884-1902 -- University of Chicago years, 1902-1914 -- A wannabe playwright and his humor mentor: Isabel Paterson -- Writing how to be a hermit -- Early Greenwich Village years, Groucho Marx, and how to tell your friends from the apes -- Easing into the 1930s, and two more important friendships -- Cuppy's multifacted 1930s -- Here comes Cuppy's mystery anthologies of the 1940s -- The years leading to suicide-literally, how to become extinct, and still attract the wombat -- Enhancing a legacy by way of posthumous publications -- Afterword: Comparing Cuppy to some of his comic contemporaries.
Summary:
"Will Cuppy (1884-1949) is dark comedy that flirts with nihilism. Whether Will Cuppy directly derails man or lesser creatures on the evolutionary chain, there is always a generous helping of dark comedy. For a biographer, the man represents a treasure trove of possibilities. "-- Provided by publisher.
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