This old man : all in pieces /

Includes essays about E.B. White, Harold Ross, Mark Twain, John Hersey, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Donald Barthelme, Vladimir Nabokov, V.S. Pritchett, William Maxwell, William Steig, John Updike, and others.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angell, Roger
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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