Re Thurber ~~ The Catbird Seat v good, indeed; but not IMO any better than The Greatest Man In The World, or The Unicorn In The Garden (& some of the other Fables For Our Time), or {pity so well-known as an archetypical antonomasia & Danny Kayes's witty but not quite on-the-button film} The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, or the terrifying The Kerb In The Sky; & I'll probably think of a few more candidates.

~M~