"Grayson uses more diverse voices than any story writer I know. At the same time he maintains a distinctive quality...." -- Patricia Browning Griffith, Washington of the Arts "Really funny." -- Liz Smith, New York Daily News "Where avant-garde fiction goes when it turns into stand-up comedy." -- Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone A dash of New York, a snippet of sadness, a gaggle of goonies....something to satisfy even a wacko. -- George Myers Jr., Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News. June 28,1981Fictions marked by comic exuberance and sympathy...a bit of extended tom-foolery...particularly appropriate for comedy. -- Richard Dills, Bellingham , Summer 1980Grayson has the wild sense of humor of a "Saturday Night Live" regular...laughing all the way to the analyst's couch. -- Ethel Shapiro Sarrett, Long Island Newsday, September 9, 1979I'd compare [Grayson] to Franz Kafka. No, I'd compare him to Nathanael West. Man, this guy can write. -- Jack Saunders, Delray Beach (FL) News Journal, April 1, 1981About the AuthorRichard Grayson is the author of nine books of fiction. A native of Brooklyn, he has taught legal studies, business, computer education, literature and writing courses at a dozen universities and colleges. His non-fiction has appeared in People, The New York Times, The Miami Herald, The San Jose Mercury News and other periodicals. In 1994 he was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's Ninth Congressional District; his political action committee was called God Hates Republicans.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Hitler's girlfriend and I are waiting for him in the International Arrivals Building at Kennedy Airport. Ellen and I stand in front of the West Customs Area. My brother is standing in front of the East Customs Area. He is waiting for my parents. My parents and Hitler have each landed at the same time, at seven o'clock. My parents are flying KLM from St. Maarten. Hitler is flying Laker from London and Manchester. He couldn't afford any other airline. He had to book his flight forty-five days in advance. But Laker paid for the ferry to England and the train ride to London as well. It is, as Hitler has written me, "a pretty good deal." where can i download ebooks With Hitler in New York and Other Stories
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A pleasure to readBy Warren ShapiroI found this book at a garage sale for $1. It's a nice collection of stories by a young writer in the 1970s. Some of the pop culture references are dated, but if you substitute today's current TV celebrities, it shows you nothing much changes. Much of the book is funny, although the stories that are insightful portraits of women probably ring the most true. The book has a lot of energy but sometimes it runs out of gas and you lose your patience with the author's corny jokes -- i.e., the Jewish grandmother who says one grandson is a doctor and the other is "in medicine" (he lives in "Medicine, Wisconsin").