Description
The Elusive Elliot Paul
Take a New England boy—or for that matter, a Midwestern, a Southern or a Western boy—and transplant him to the Paris of the Twenties, and what do you get? You might get a ne’er do well or you might get a literary superstar—a Hemingway or a Fitzgerald—or might get Elliot Paul.
Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist
In the 25 years since it was first published in Brazil, Paolo Coelho’s The Alchemist has become firmly established internationally as an enduring fable for our times. The story of how it became a best-seller is as intriguing as the tale itself.
Classic Comic Strips as Collectable Books #1 — PEANUTS
The most frequently read pages of mid-Twentieth-century American newspapers were the comics. They were not intended to be saved or collected. Many of them spun off comic books and/or film and television adaptations, but the originals were neglected for a long time. Publishers have begun gathering the early strips and publishing them in hardcover book form. We begin our look at these series with Fantagraphics’ splendid volumes of Charles Schulz’ Peanuts.
Antiquarian Notes
Scandals—The Exploits of Massimo de Caro