Shedding Skin
Shedding Skin
by Robert Ward
Available for: Kindle | NOOK | Apple | Sony
“A novel in overdrive — vulgar, outrageous, totally hyperbolic, exceptionally funny, and written with an uncommon attention to the wonders of language…superb.”
—Sheldon Frank, New York Times Book Review
DESCRIPTION
A tour of the 1950s and 1960s recounts the author’s coming-of-age experiences in a period torn between idealism and despair, chronicling his journey between Baltimore and Haight-Ashbury and his witness to the historical events of the time.This classic novel, the 1972 winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Award, turns, providing an essential companion piece to The King of Cards. Illuminated by the author’s personal experiences, this authentic coming-of-age novel presents a cavalcade of memorable characters and adventures.
PRAISE
“The quintessential hippie ’60s novel.”
—Publishers Weekly
“One of the finest novels to come out of the great social, psychic and moral convulsion called the sixties.”
—Pete Hamill, author of A Drinking Life
“A novel in overdrive — vulgar, outrageous, totally hyperbolic, exceptionally funny, and written with an uncommon attention to the wonders of language…superb.”
—Sheldon Frank, New York Times Book Review
