His 1906 story collection, "City of the Yellow Devil", expressed  a hostility toward the United States, and especially New York,  which was probably fueled by the negative reaction to the presence  of his mistress on a tour of the United States.
His 1906 story collection, "City of the Yellow Devil", expressed  a hostility toward the United States, and especially New York,  which was probably fueled by the negative reaction to the presence  of his mistress on a tour of the United States. His three-part  autobiography relates his harsh upbringing at the hands of his  grandfather, and his subsequent life as a tramp throughout czarist  Russia. He is also remembered as a novelist, literary critic, and  the author of plays such as "The Lower Depths." FTP, name this  bitter man, whose real name was Aleksei Peshkov.
His 1906 story collection, "City of the Yellow Devil", expressed  a hostility toward the United States, and especially New York,  which was probably fueled by the negative reaction to the presence  of his mistress on a tour of the United States.
Maxim {Gorky} (accept "Peshkov" on an early buzz.)