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Notable books
By CBANCROFTN
Published August 19, 2007
Duck soup Thirty years after the death of Groucho Marx, new and reissued books salute a protean comic who influenced everyone from Woody Allen and Steve Martin to Jon Stewart and Andy Borowitz. Hello, I Must Be Going (Simon & Schuster Paperbacks) by Charlotte Chandler is an affectionate biography based on scads of interviews, including many with Groucho, complete with punch lines. The Groucho Letters (Simon & Schuster Paperbacks) collects uproarious, sarcastic and sometimes touching letters between Groucho and such correspondents as S.J. Perelman, Fred Allen and T.S. Eliot. The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia (Reynolds & Hearn) by Glenn Mitchell compiles a wealth of information on one of the funniest families in show business, plus more than 200 photos. Colette Bancroft, Times book editor
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