Weekend Reading

“The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons,” edited by Robert Mankoff, introduction by Christopher Buckley. ($21.95, Bloomberg Press) The highbrow humor and sophisticated sensibilities of the New Yorker’s cartoonists are particularly effective when applied to financial and money matters in this collection of 110 images. An example: A young girl complains to her father as her little brother plays with a toy car: “How come Jasper’s mutual fund is up 12% and mine’s only up 8%?” This is an almost certain bet to add wit to your weekend.