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THE HILARIOUS BESTSELLER BY

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—Emily Dickinson

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publisher as "unsold or destroyed" and neither the author nor the publisher may have received payment for it.

Copyright

©

1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 by

Woody

Allen

under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of All rights reserved

Canada Limited, Toronto.

"No Kaddish for Weinstein," "Fine Times: An Oral Memoir," "Examining Psychic Phenomena," "A Guide to the Lesser Ballets," "The Early Essays," "Selections from the Allen Notebooks," "Lovborg's Women Considered," and "The Whore of Mensa" appeared originally in The New Yorker. "Fabulous Tales and Mythical Beasts," "The Irish Genius," and "The Scrolls" first appeared in The New Republic. "Match Wits with Inspector Ford" originally appeared in Playboy magazine. "A Brief, Yet Helpful, Guide to Civil Disobedience appeared in The New York Times, ,,

July 15, 1972. Reprinted by permission. Library of Congress Catalog

Card Number: 75-29597

ISBN 0-345-33697-6 I

his edition

Random

published by arrangement with House, Inc.

Manufactured

in the

United States of America

First Ballantine

Books Edition: April 1983

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CONTENTS from the Allen Notebooks

1.

Selections

2.

Examining Psychic Phenomena

3.

A

Guide

Some

to

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The

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Lovborgs

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The Whore

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Death (A Play)

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The

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of the Lesser Ballets

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Women of

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A Brief, Yet Helpful, Guide to Civil Disobedience

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Match Wits with Inspector Ford

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The

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God (A

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Fabulous Tales and Mythical Beasts

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But Soft

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Genius

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