Cover of Municipal bondage: one man's anxiety-producing adventures in the big city

Municipal bondage: one man's anxiety-producing adventures in the big city

Investigative humorist Henry Alford has worked as a chauffeur and an earlobe model, studied at the Wilfred Academy of Beauty, and hired a nude housekeeper to see if she'd do windows. Now he offers readers a collection of "arch, smart, and exquisitely absurd" (The Village Voice Literary Supplement) pieces that "demands to be savored" (New York Times Book Review.

Genre
humor
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 231 pages
Form
essays

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