Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright
A parody of a literary biography starring a 10-year-old novelist who is mysteriously dead at 11—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler.

As a memorial, Edwin Mullhouse's best friend, 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.
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Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright
A parody of a literary biography starring a 10-year-old novelist who is mysteriously dead at 11—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler.

As a memorial, Edwin Mullhouse's best friend, 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.
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Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright

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

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

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

by Steven Millhauser

Overview

A parody of a literary biography starring a 10-year-old novelist who is mysteriously dead at 11—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler.

As a memorial, Edwin Mullhouse's best friend, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780679766520
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 04/16/1996
Series: Vintage Contemporaries
Edition description: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.19(w) x 7.93(h) x 0.67(d)

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.
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