Originally published: New York: Dutton, 1989.

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A bizarre mix of broad comedy, fantasy, and social commentary, the title story offers an unforgettable depiction of a lunatic civil servant. Includes "Nevski Pr

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: Biography Category National Book Award Finalist 2015 Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography Americ

First published in 1977, this novel of life in New York is written in the form of a diary of a disenchanted housewife who offers a frank, unsparing portrait of