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A comic masterpiece satirizing fame, fortune, and the human condition, kotzwinkle s latest is an uproarious fable for our times, a tale of magical realism. With a pitchperfect comic voice and an eye for social satire to rival swift or wolfe, bestselling author william kotzwinkle limns hals hilarious journey to new york. T the extraterrestrial, is in top comic form in this outrageous and uproarious parable featring hal jama big black bear who finds a manuscript under a tree in the maine woods, dons a suit and a tie, and heads off to the big city to seek his fame and fortune. William kotzwinkle is an entertaining fabulist with a beautifully dark comic touch. The bear went over the mountain is a riotous, magical romp with the buoyant hal jam as he leaves the quiet, nurturing world of nature for the glittering, moneyed world of man. The bear went over the mountain by william kotzwinkle youtube this is the story of the author dan flakes who is in fact a bear. Buy the bear went over the mountain by william kotzwinkle online at alibris. After olivia goldsmiths the bestseller comes this delightful fable by kotzwinkle whose e.

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