Details Writer: Bruce Eric Kaplan; Genre: Comic Novels

Providing his trademark salty take on married couples, workplace hierarchies, and the battle of the sexes, New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan's collection is not for the person who takes life too seriously. Kaplan, also a former Seinfeld scribe (Jerry offers jacket kudos), takes deliciously direct hits at psychiatry (the caption beneath a sketch of two chickens talking reads: ''After fifteen years of therapy, I still don't know why I crossed the road''), dating games (man to woman: ''I had a wonderful time. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go home and second-guess my feelings for you''), and the entertainment industry (little girl to little boy: ''Why did you speak to Dad? He can't green-light anything'') in No One You Know that are so dead-on, you'll be left slightly disturbed but overwhelmingly tickled. A

Originally posted Jun 11, 1999 Published in issue #489 Jun 11, 1999 Order article reprints
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