Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer, 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright

Steven Millhauser

ISBN 10: 0394480090 / ISBN 13: 9780394480091

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1972

About this Item

305 pages. The author's first book, a novel told as a fictional biography. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A bit of creasing to the top edge of the rear panel. With the tennis shoe bookplate of poet and songwriter Rod McKuen. Seller Inventory # 133150

Bibliographic Details

Title: Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an ...

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Edwin Mullhouse, a novelist at 10, is mysteriously dead at 11. As a memorial, Edwin's bestfriend, Jeffrey Cartwright, decides that the life of this great American writer must be told. He follows Edwin's development from his preverbal first noises through his love for comic books to the fulfillment of his literary genius in the remarkable novel, Cartoons.

About the Author:

Steven Millhauser is the author of numerous works of fiction, including Martin Dressler, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1997, and, more recently, We Others: New and Selected Stories, winner of The Story Prize and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. His work has been translated into 15 languages, and his story “Eisenheim the Illusionist” was the basis of the 2006 film The Illusionist. He teaches at Skidmore College and lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.