Funny Money.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original publisher's half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dave Thompson- I often re-read this book and always find it highly entertaining. Good Luck- Mark Singer 8/18/89." The recipient referred to could possibly be British film critic and historian David Thomson, as Thomson contributed to the New Yorker magazine and Singer was a staff writer there from 1974 until his death. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Singer laid in, "Dear Dave Sandy Frazier, the not-very-self-effacing best-selling author, begged and begged and begged and begged me to send you a copy of this book, so I finally relented. I have inscribed it, which may or may not make it easier to resell, I'm not sure. Best regards Mark Singer." Ian "Sandy" Frazier (born 1951) and Mark Singer (1950-2026) were two of the most celebrated and long-tenured staff writers in the history of The New Yorker, whose careers at the magazine overlapped for more than four decades and whose work together defined the highest standards of American literary journalism and personal essay writing across the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration and design by Fred Marcellino.