description: Dec.1977 Kangaroo Book(Pocket Books) mass market PB. Donald Barthelme (The Dead Father, Guilty Pleasures) aims his satiric wit and "cool mockery....on the pretensions and foibles of the human lot." The blurb (quoting The Los Angeles Times) compares the author to Pynchon, Barth, Vonnegut and Heller!
language: English
title: Amateurs
titlecomplete: Amateurs
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, Americana, The United States Of America, Literature, Short Story Collection, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, United States
ratings_count: 361
publisher: Pocket