City Boy

by Herman Wouk

Overview

An "enormously entertaining" portrait of "a Bronx Tom Sawyer" (San Francisco Chronicle), City Boy is a sharp and moving novel of boyhood from Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk.



A hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid's adventures and misadventures on the street, in school, in the countryside, always in pursuit of Lucille, a heartless redhead personifying all the girls who torment and fascinate pubescent lads of eleven.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316955119
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	05/15/1992
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	308,013
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.38(h) x 0.88(d)

Editorial Reviews

These four novels, initially released in 1947, 1948, 1985, and 1962, respectively, run a wide path through Wouk's career, including his first novel, Aurora Dawn. Unlike his usual fare, several of these are comical in nature while capturing the human element with literary verve. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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