\'It was what we call in the trade a potato...\' Tales of low-lifes and grifters trying to make ends meet in pre-War Germany.
Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York\'s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space..
Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. \'It was what we call in the trade a potato...\' Tales of low-lifes and grifters trying to make ends meet in pre-War Germany
