Nan A. (nanhum) reviewed on 6/5/2014 + 7 more book reviews

This book is a treasure. The premise is improbable but it works beautifully. Don Marquis had a newspaper column and this book, first published in 1916 is taken from the column. It is about a cockroach who calls himself archy, a reincarnated (as a cockroach) poet and his pal mehitabel, a cat who declares she lived previous lives in such form as Cleopatra and other female luminaries. Archy makes use of his "boss's" typewriter by hitting the keys with his head (and thus unable to capitalize or use punctuation (but works his away around it) to write free verse on his and mehitabel's exploits. "whotthehell whotthehell" this book will enchant you!

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