From the Publisher
Who Is Mark Twain? is a refreshing reintroduction to both [Twain’s] critical analytical thought and his playful sense of humor.” — Los Angeles Times
“Twain’s wit and lethally precise powers of description are on full display.” — Maud Newton
“More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern….Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh.” — Vanity Fair
“[Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, ‘the Lincoln of our literature’. . . . At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence.” — Washington Post
“As funny and insightful as any of [Twain’s] published and well-known works, these essays take on the federal government, religion, race, fame, and even the literary canon with a sharp-eyed clarity we can chuckle over as we read while feeling uncomfortable knowing that they feel all too contemporary.” — Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley
As funny and insightful as any of [Twain’s] published and well-known works, these essays take on the federal government, religion, race, fame, and even the literary canon with a sharp-eyed clarity we can chuckle over as we read while feeling uncomfortable knowing that they feel all too contemporary.
Maud Newton
Twain’s wit and lethally precise powers of description are on full display.
Vanity Fair
More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern….Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh.
|Los Angeles Times
Who Is Mark Twain? is a refreshing reintroduction to both [Twain’s] critical analytical thought and his playful sense of humor.
Washington Post
[Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, ‘the Lincoln of our literature’. . . . At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence.
Los Angeles Times
Who Is Mark Twain? is a refreshing reintroduction to both [Twain’s] critical analytical thought and his playful sense of humor.
Washington Post
[Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, ‘the Lincoln of our literature’. . . . At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence.
