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The Days of the Bitter End

von Jack Engelhard

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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… (mehr)
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A brilliant rendering of an era by a man who lived it, DAYS excels in character development and story line. Perhaps above all, readers get an up close and personal look at some of the great icons of American entertainment as they struggled in New York's Greenwich Village in the early 60's to become noticed. Such greats as Bill Cosby, Barbra Streisand, Lenny Bruce, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan and many, many more are brought to the pages of this fascinating story by the man who watched them as doorman of the Bitter End Cafe and patron of several others.

If you were "there", as I was, you will encounter a soul-stirring experience reading this book. If you weren't, you will learn some history as no one else could present it and enjoy a novel of love, war, struggle and greed that ranks with the very best of American literature.

This story is SENSATIONAL. ( )
  johnwcassell | Jul 10, 2009 |
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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

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