The Immortal Mouth and Other Stories - Softcover

Sutton, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887393101 ISBN 13: 9780887393105

Publisher: Creative Arts Book Co, 2003

Synopsis

The Immortal Mouth and Other Stories is a collection of thirty stories dealing with classic American themes of fathers and sons, hitting the open road, roller-coaster relationships, sports, coming of age, and aging. These stories deal with humanity's goodness and wickedness, loyalty and betrayal, rage and exultation, triumph and defeat.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Sutton was born in Brooklyn and raised in Hollywood. He played football at the University of Oregon and graduated with degrees in philosophy and history. He taught high school history and English for many years. Sutton, who has been writing for more than 45 years, has published a total of eleven books. His essays and short stories have appeared in numerous national magazines and journals. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Joan.

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THE IMMORTAL MOUTH

Charles Stein and his friend were sitting at a small table in a bar drinking beer, talking about the world in general, when a skinny old man walked up to Stein and said, "I want your mouth." The old man's voice was firm. He had piercing brown eyes. His clothes were shabby.

"My mouth!" blurted Stein. "You've got to be kidding."

"Go and try your jokes on someone else," added Stein's friend.

"I am not joking," the old man told Stein's friend. "I need your friend to model his mouth for a painting of mine."

About this edition

• Publisher: Creative Arts Book Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0887393101
• ISBN 13: 9780887393105
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190