The Belles Lettres Papers
Categories: Books, Literature & Fiction



ISBN-13: 978-0688060497
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0688060498
Publisher: William Morrow
Print length: 175 pages
Publication date: January 1, 1987
subtitle: Hardcover – January 1, 1987
author: Visit Amazon's Charles Simmons Page search results Charles Simmons
review: Editorial Reviews From Library Journal Simmons's most interesting novel since Powdered Eggs (1964) depicts life at a fiction review, Belles Lettres, as seen through the eyes of up-and-coming editor, Frank Page. Page becomes interested in the review as a result of an undergraduate paper; his enthusiasm is rewarded with an offer to join the staff. As he recounts the journal's history from its founding in 1951, through several editorial regimes, to about 1985, he touches on such issues as office politics, sexual harassment, the 215 best writers in America, and the discovery of nine additional Shakespeare sonnets. The antics of Simmons's characters, including Arthur Folio, Skippy Overleaf, Ben Boards, and Virginia Wrappers, keep the reader chuckling. Recommended for general readers, this novel should prove especially amusing for those in editing or publishing. William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.