"The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam Jr." by Wallace Irwin is a playful response to the original Rubaiyat, offering a light-hearted look at life's pleasures and pitfalls through comical verses. This book, penned in the early 1900s, finds humor in love, tobacco, and social quirks, creating a funhouse mirror reflection of the Persian poet's philosophical ponderings. Through witty language and parody, Irwin crafts a world where Omar Khayyam Jr. struggles with his father's legacy, exploring themes of love, pleasure, and life's big questions with plenty of jokes and absurd situations. Rather than diving into deep philosophical waters, Khayyam Jr. takes a more easygoing approach, embracing kisses and gentle smokes, making for a funny and thoughtful exploration of human existence.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr.
By Wallace Irwin
Laugh along as a son tries to live up to his father's name, hilariously navigating love and temptation with poems that tickle the funny bone.
Summary
About the AuthorWallace Irwin was an American writer. Over the course of his long career, Irwin wrote humorous sketches, light verse, screenplays, short stories, novels, nautical lays, aphorisms, journalism, political satire, lyrics for Broadway musicals, and the libretto for an opera. His novel The Julius Caesar Murder Case (1935) represents a subgenre within detective fiction, the mystery novel set in antiquity.
Wallace Irwin was an American writer. Over the course of his long career, Irwin wrote humorous sketches, light verse, screenplays, short stories, novels, nautical lays, aphorisms, journalism, political satire, lyrics for Broadway musicals, and the libretto for an opera. His novel The Julius Caesar Murder Case (1935) represents a subgenre within detective fiction, the mystery novel set in antiquity.
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