cover image Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright

Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright

Steven Millhauser. Vintage Books USA, $13 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-679-76652-0

First published in 1972, Millhauser's cult novel is both a parody of literary biography and a heartfelt evocation of childhood. (Mar.)