We Never Called It Frisco

A candid novel about the art, artists, and their tempestuous relationships in the countercultural movement of the 50’s and 60’s, by one of America's most celebrated art critics.

During intermission at the San Francisco Opera, esteemed and incorrigible cultural critic Marcia Lang collapses into a banquette and dies on the spot. It’s soon discovered that Marcia willed her entire estate to Burt—her on-again, off-again roommate-slash-lover. His windfall includes her correspondence, her stilted r...