'It's a long time since I read a book that was so consistently enjoyable. The whole novel, while tough and disenchanted, increases your appetite for life." -Eastern Daily Press 'A strange and comic odyssey, too complicated to summarize, but a joy to read." -"Daily Telegraph" '"Pocock and Pitt" is philosophical, witty and erudite, wise and exciting and one of the best novels I have read this year." -"Irish Times" 'Elliott Baker is one of the wittiest of American authors. Quite rightly, this is a 'one of a kind" fiction." -"The Scotsman"
'It's a long time since I read a book that was so consistently enjoyable. The whole novel, while tough and disenchanted, increases your appetite for l...
'Baker continuously turns laughter into pain, then back again, yet always leaving the wound of truth." -The New York Times Book Review 'Baker is still the jabberwocky with jaws that bite, tickling the reader into laughter with his left claw while his right one holds a shiv." -Life Magazine 'A mixture of laughter and tears expressed by a writer of rare discernment and powerful, lucid style." -Los Angeles Times 'Extraordinarily well-written and shatteringly funny." -Saturday Review
'Baker continuously turns laughter into pain, then back again, yet always leaving the wound of truth." -The New York Times Book Review 'Baker is still...
Corey Burdick, a down at the heels Hollywood screenwriter, believes that each man should have many things he refuses to do. But he's down to his last one, namely to write for television. However, the winds of fate have other ideas and his very survival depends on them. 'Mr. Baker is a natural writer who appeals to the emotions by allowing his characters to laugh and cry for themselves." -San Francisco Chronicle & Examiner
Corey Burdick, a down at the heels Hollywood screenwriter, believes that each man should have many things he refuses to do. But he's down to his last ...
'Baker continuously turns laughter into pain, then back again, yet always leaving the wound of truth." -The New York Times Book Review 'Baker is still the jabberwocky with jaws that bite, tickling the reader into laughter with his left claw while his right one holds a shiv." -Life Magazine 'A mixture of laughter and tears expressed by a writer of rare discernment and powerful, lucid style." -Los Angeles Times 'Extraordinarily well-written and shatteringly funny." -Saturday Review
'Baker continuously turns laughter into pain, then back again, yet always leaving the wound of truth." -The New York Times Book Review 'Baker is still...
'It's a long time since I read a book that was so consistently enjoyable. The whole novel, while tough and disenchanted, increases your appetite for life." -Eastern Daily Press 'A strange and comic odyssey, too complicated to summarize, but a joy to read." -"Daily Telegraph" '"Pocock and Pitt" is philosophical, witty and erudite, wise and exciting and one of the best novels I have read this year." -"Irish Times" 'Elliott Baker is one of the wittiest of American authors. Quite rightly, this is a 'one of a kind" fiction." -"The Scotsman"
'It's a long time since I read a book that was so consistently enjoyable. The whole novel, while tough and disenchanted, increases your appetite for l...
A FINE MADNESS is about a creative spirit's struggle for survival in an analytical society. Samson Shillitoe, is (according to Shelly's definition) one of "the unacknowledged legislators of the world." But poetry does not rule our world and his obsession with completing his epic poem leads to his violating most accepted standards of behavior and into conflicts, both comic and deadly, with adversaries intent on making him "normal." Since A FINE MADNESS was published in 1964 it has achieved the status of a modern comedy classic. This new edition contains a preface by the author which will add...
A FINE MADNESS is about a creative spirit's struggle for survival in an analytical society. Samson Shillitoe, is (according to Shelly's definition) on...
"A wiser, more cheerful book I haven''t read in years. Baker''s humor always has that snag of reality, like a drop of blood or a dried tear, that turns a belly laugh into a deeply satisfying gut reaction." - Newsweek "Baker has a sense of the absurb, a gift of characterization and an ear for dialogue which make his prose crackle with laughter and ache with sadness." - Los Angeles Times "Elliott Baker knows what he loves with the same fierce clarity that he sheds on what he detests." - The New Leader
"A wiser, more cheerful book I haven''t read in years. Baker''s humor always has that snag of reality, like a drop of blood or a dried tear, that turn...
"A wiser, more cheerful book I haven''t read in years. Baker''s humor always has that snag of reality, like a drop of blood or a dried tear, that turns a belly laugh into a deeply satisfying gut reaction." - Newsweek "Baker has a sense of the absurb, a gift of characterization and an ear for dialogue which make his prose crackle with laughter and ache with sadness." - Los Angeles Times "Elliott Baker knows what he loves with the same fierce clarity that he sheds on what he detests." - The New Leader
"A wiser, more cheerful book I haven''t read in years. Baker''s humor always has that snag of reality, like a drop of blood or a dried tear, that turn...
