To an Early Grave

When Leslie Braverman passes away at the early age of 41, four of his closest friends are reunited on an odyssey through the streets of Brooklyn in a beat-up Volkswagen searching for the funeral parlor. In a series of fits, starts and wrong-turns, the comedic banter that suffuses the journey of these four Jewish proponents of New Criticism and little-magazine writing is quietly transformed into a quest for the intellectual, emotional and sentimental aura of the past.

The basis for the 1968 movie "Bye Bye Braverman," "To An Early Grave" is a testament to the exuberant inventiveness of Wallace Markfield's writing.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 10/01/2000
ISBN: 9781564782618
Pages: 255
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.44w x 0.71d

Review Citations: Library Journal 03/15/2001 pg. 112