Pinkwater

Well, I read Uncle Boris in the Yukon, the Pinkwater book and while it was entertaining enough and a quick read, it wasn't as good as his other books of essays like Fish Whistle or Chicago Days / Hoboken Nights. Apparently these two are now published in a single volume called Hoboken Fish and Chicago Whistle. And that's the book I'll recommend today. His essays range from plain funny, to poignant, to weird, but they are all good. Definitely worth the read. And while you're at it, pick yourself up a copy of Alan Mendelson, The Boy From Mars. That's a book that I read when I was probably 12 years old and I still remember so much of it's wonderful strangeness. A bowl of Green Death from the Bermuda Triangle Chili Parlor, anyone?