The Red Pony

The Red PonyBy: John Steinbeck A Penguin Classic Written at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most coming of age stories, the cycle does not end with a hero matured by circumstances. As John Seelye writes in his introduction,

Every Crisis Is an Opportunity for a Breatkthrough

a heartbreaking coming-of-age story

Marshall Frady’s biography of George Wallace retains the narrative force and descriptive powers of fiction

the ancient past

but these are also the very things that make us distinctive and different

more dangerous

‘The bar is set extremely high when it comes to graphic books and the Middle East: one thinks of Joe Sacco's Palestine’ Guy Delisle

featuring every prelude issue and tie-in

The Street Sweeper spans over fifty years

she and her friend concoct a deception

This book changes everything

ruthless newspaper tycoons