Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-16 | Page 4 | Corey Ford Writes Series of Satires under Pen Name

Corey foi Ford d' d Writes Series of Satires Under Pen Name The Tha development of Corey F Ford rd from a slapstick humorist who aped Boto Benchley until It hurt to one of ot the foremost satirists of at our our times times- has been an n auspicious literary lit lit- crazy Under the name of John Riddell Ford has written a series of parody interviews at once hilarious and thoughtful Meaning No Offense John pay is a book therefore that should be 00 had by every discrImInating discriminating discriminating dis dis- dis- dis criminating reader r Some dozen authors of ot best sellers sellers sellers sell sell- ers find their writing tricks glorIously gloriously gloriously glor glor- burlesqued in the volume The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder Vilder is simply marvelous marvelous marvelous mar mar- fun Corto y Derecho echo is Ernest Hemingway to the the lowest common denominator New ew Ladles Ladles' Clubs to Conquer exposes the entire entire en entire en- en tire school of which Richard Halliburton Halliburton Hal Hal- is high priest Is not as happy in his par parody dy of S Samuel Hoffenstein's light verse verse but he comes back wl with h a a. wallop in A Stepson of Mother Indias India's Aunt Answers which t pulverizes pulverizes pulverizes pul pul- Miss Mayo and her follow ers Meaning 1 No Offense received publicity galore because Dead Novelists Novelists Nov Nov- chats Are Good Novelists appeared in Ridden's book criticism department department department depart depart- ment of at Vanity Fair shortly before the death of Miss 1 Frances Newman I whose work Dead Lovers Are Faithful Lovers was satirized Rid Rid- Riddell's Riddell's dells dell's book was WILI already In print att at atthe atthe t the e time of Miss Newmans Newman's death and the publishers insert a notice that in view of ot Miss Newmans Newman's challenging position In contemporary contempo contempo- I letters the publishers have thought fit to retain the chapter in inthe inthe inthe the book u