num_pages: 414
description: Gathers essays about the writings of Italo Svevo, Ben Hecht, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, H.L. Mencken, George Orwell, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Carl Sandburg, and Anthony Burgess
language: English
title: Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life
titlecomplete: Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life
genres: Essays
ratings_count: 22
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc