Around the World With Auntie Mame: A Novel

I just finished Richard Tyler Jordan's delightful, illuminating and photo-filled new (2004) paperback original, BUT DARLING, I'M YOUR AUNTIE MAME: THE AMAZING HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S FAVORITE MADCAP AUNT and I learned so much about how the Auntie Mame character was created by Patrick Dennis (a.k.a. Edward Tanner) and how she evolved from the novel to a Broadway play, smash hit movie with Rosalind Russell, Tony Award-winning Broadway musical starring Angela Lansbury and finally a movie musical starring Lucille Ball. That book sent me back to the original material and I'm glad it did, because both AUNTIE MAME and AROUND THE WORLD WITH AUNTIE MAME are gems worth reading. The bonus, long-supressed chapter set in Russia is a treat for all Dennis fans!

Even we Mame maniacs who've howled our way through "Auntie Mame" and its sequel haven't been able to read the entire "Around the World with Auntie Mame"--until now. The new paperback edition includes, "Auntie Mame in Mother Russia," a chapter set in the former Soviet Union, suppressed when the book was first published in 1958.Of course, reading this sidesplitting chapter with a pair of today's eyes, it's hard to see just how subversive Patrick Dennis was considered to be... But no matter, this chapter sparkles like a fine gem retrieved from a dusty safe-deposit box.Even if you already own "Around the World," it's worth buying this new paperback edition for this chapter alone. Eric Myers, author of Patrick Dennis' biography "Uncle Mame," and Dr. Michael Tanner, Dennis' droll son and guardian of his literary estate, deserve much credit for bringing Patrick Dennis to the attention of new and old generations of readers.

Like most Patrick Dennis books, this book made me laugh out loud in every chapter. What a shame most of his books are out of print! I've read them all, and loved most of them, my only regret is that I don't own them all. This one is a very satisfying sequel to Auntie Mame, and I only wish the series continued. Not to be missed!

This old book still holds up very well as a hilarious take-off on the comparison between the trip to the Contient between an avant-garde like Auntie Mame and a bunch of nouveaux-riches snobs that she encounters. Still hilarious after all these years and nonetheless more relevant with appropriate historical references that make it ring more true. Very funny book.

It's a shame to know after you read Auntie Mame and Around the World with Auntie Mame that these are the only books in print. Patrick Dennis is a great author and his stories transend time and generations. Hopefully the publisher will get a clue and republish some of his other works. His books will having you laughing out loud so be careful were you read them.