jean merrill

a miraculous children’s book  - one of those books that goes to great lengths to convince you of its historical veracity - as an adult, the book turns into one of those perfect alternate histories of the world, perfectly imagined and, to borrow from woody allen, ‘unbearably wonderful’ - science fiction of the highest order, concerning stenography, truck driving, unionization, and cut flowers - and set, to top in all off, in one of the great new yorks

“the pushcart war”

tempo 1966. 1st thus. 12mo. 187pp. fair. a well worn copy, but still very readable, with a strong spine.

$10

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