伍迪•艾倫（Woody Allen，1935- ），

美國著名電影導演、編劇、演員、音樂傢、作傢和戲劇傢。

一九三五年在紐約齣生。自一九六五年以來，平均每年至少推齣一部電影，多為自編自導和自演的喜劇作品。他的創作靈感，多來自文學、哲學、心理學和電影曆史，還有他的猶太人身份。他的電影獲奬無數，其中包括四項奧斯卡奬、九項英國電影和電視藝術學院奬，以及兩項金球奬。

伍迪•艾倫是《紐約客》雜誌獨樹一幟的撰稿人，齣版文集《扯平》、《無羽無毛》、《副作用》和《亂象叢生》，及戲劇集《中央公園西路》等。

Amazon.com Review

After three decades of prodigious film work (and some unfortunate tabloid adventures as well), it's easy to forget that Woody Allen began his career as one heck of a great comedy writer. Getting Even, a collection of his late '60s magazine pieces, offers a look into Allen's bag of shtick, back when it was new. From the supposed memoirs of Hitler's barber: "Then, in January of 1945, a plot by several generals to shave Hitler's moustache in his sleep failed when von Stauffenberg, in the darkness of Hitler's bedroom, shaved off one of the Führer's eyebrows instead..."

Even though the idea of writing jokes about old Adolf--or addled rabbis, or Maatjes herring--isn't nearly as fresh as it used to be, Getting Even still delivers plenty of laughs. At his best, Woody can achieve a level of transcendent craziness that no other writer can match. If you're looking for a book to dip into at random, or a gift for someone who's seen Sleeper 13 times, Getting Even is a dead lock.

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The classic, with 316,000 copies sold to date.