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A young writer-to-be embarks on a comic coming-of-age journey through the crushing mediocrity of work, the vagaries of fate, and the mysteries of sex A confused and conflicted but not altogether angry young man shares his observations, disappointments, rants, and sexual desires in a revealing series of letters to an unnamed friend. Our hero wants to be a writer, but is stuck doing mind-numbing work for an unscrupulous encyclopedia publisher. He muddles through two engagements, one to a bright-eyed Catholic virgin, the other to a woman pregnant with another man's child. And the Great American Novel he is writing--about a man named Austin who is becoming invisible--may be a bit too much for the reading public to handle. But as long as he's got his friends (like Jose, who is determined to bed and wed his cousin Rita the nun), his health (no thanks to the medical establishment that killed his father), and his libido, everything should turn out okay. Winner of the William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel--more outrageous than Catcher in the Rye and more scandalous than Portnoy's Complaint--Charles Simmons's Powdered Eggs is an unforgettable view of young American life through an amusingly jaundiced eye.

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"Hilarious . . . Absolutely uninhibited." --Newsweek "His writing . . . reveals a deftness and wit that would, at its best, put him on the shelf next to Peter De Vries." --The New York Times "Charles Simmons is one of our neglected literary assets. An exquisite stylist, supple and witty." --Richard Gilman
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Charles Simmons is an American editor and novelist. His first book, "Powdered Eggs," was awarded the William Faulkner Foundation Award for a notable first novel. His later works include "The Belles Lettres Papers," "Wrinkles," "Salt Water," and" An Old-Fashioned Darling." In addition to his writing, Simmons worked as an editor at the "New York Times Book Review." He lives in New York City and Long Island.

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  • PublisherPenguin
  • Publication date1970
  • ISBN 10 0140032010
  • ISBN 13 9780140032017
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages224
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