Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author, Paperback/Herman Wouk

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``A sparkling memoir of a well-lived life of literature, fame, and love`` (Booklist) by one of America's most beloved authors, as he looks back over his 100 years. In this remarkable memoir ``full of adventure, wit, color, and detail`` (Jewish Journal), Herman Wouk finally reflects on the life experiences that inspired his most enduring novels. With a tone that is ``generous and warm`` (The Boston Globe), he tells of his days writing for comedian Fred Allen's radio show, one of the most popular shows in the history of the medium; enlisting in the US Navy during World War II; falling in love with Betty Sarah Brown, the woman who would become his wife (and literary agent) for sixty-three years; writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Caine Mutiny; as well as a big hit Broadway play and an equally big Broadway flop; and the surprising inspirations and people behind such masterpieces as The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, Marjorie Morningstar, and Youngblood Hawke. Written with the wisdom of a ``trailblazing centenarian charmer`` (Buffalo News) and the wit of someone who began his career as professional comedy writer, Sailor and Fiddler is an unprecedented reflection on writing and faith--``a lovely coda to the career of a man who made American literature a kinder, smarter, better place`` (NPR).