The Days of the Bitter End - Hardcover

Engelhard, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0967407427 ISBN 13: 9780967407425

Publisher: ComteQ Publishing,US, 2001

Synopsis

Jack Engelhard's The Days of the Bitter End may well be the definitive word on the 1960s. This is a landmark book, masterfully evocative. Engelhard once again proves himself to be a truly great novelist in this beautifully crafted historical novel that recaptures an era that has left an indelible mark on our culture to this day. Read it and laugh, read it and weep, because it's all here, the way it was back then, the age of innocence soon to be shattered, but then reborn. This is what it was like to be young, every moment an adventure. Brilliant.

Reviews
"It's all here...masterfully written by one of the greatest novelists of our Age. Engelhard brings to bear his journalistic talents as well as matchless storytelling ability to put the reader right in the center of the action...of the story...of the times."
- John W. Cassell, author of Crossroads: 1969

"What a great story. If you missed the 60s - if you missed the excitement, the passion, the radicalism, the thrills, the hopes and dreams - this book brings it all alive. I could not put it down."
- Kmgroup review

"Another significant accomplishment from this versatile writer, and it resonates with the sort of dialogue and imagery that not only rings with credibility, but instantly evokes a 'you are there' feeling for the reader."
- Nancy Sundstrom, Northern Express

"Engelhard's writing is superb, and he offers up a slice of 1960s life that is vibrant and moving. The story is skillfully crafted, quite witty and intriguing."
- Carie Morrison, Rambles.net

About the Author:
Contemporaries have hailed novelist Jack Engelhard as "the last Hemingway" and of being "a writer without peer and the conscience of us all." The New York Times commended the economy of his prose... "precise, almost clinical language." His bestselling novel Indecent Proposal made him internationally famous as the foremost chronicler of moral dilemmas and of topics dealing with temptation. Works that followed won him an even greater following, such as Escape from Mount Moriah, his book of memoirs that won awards for writing and for film. His latest novel Compulsive draws us into the mind of a compulsive gambler in a work stunningly brilliant and original, and seductively readable. Engelhard writes a weekly column for The Washington Times. His website: www.jackengelhard.com

About this title

Synopsis

Jack Engelhard is also the author of the worldwide bestseller ' Indecent Proposal'. Americans lost their innocence on that tragic day in Dallas -- 22 November 1963. But for comedian Cliff Harris, whose career was based solely on his superb talent to imitate the dashing young president, life is changed forever. After rising from obscurity in Philadelphia to national prominence on television's entertainment institution, 'The Ed Sullivan Show', Harris becomes America's most popular comedic performer, doing JFK so well that even Jackie has a tough time telling the difference. But when the popular president is suddenly gunned down, what becomes of his shadow? With lively historical and fictional characters that capture the passion and drama of a generation, this novel brings to life the streets of New York City's renowned Greenwich Village. That vibrant, political and cultural focal point of the 1960s is stunningly reflected in all its exuberance, sex, pot-smoking, poetry and politics. Engelhard's heartfelt work recaptures the day American innocence turned into an American tragedy and the nation moved from the sweetness of postwar life to the bitter era of Vietnam.<

About this edition

• Publisher: ComteQ Publishing,US
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0967407427
• ISBN 13: 9780967407425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 282