An epic comedy of enormous scale that will have even the most jaded reader laughing out loud. Filled to capacity with both high and low humor, this book is also richly ingrained with literary allusions and antecedents - from Bethius and Chaucer to Falstaff and W.C. Fields. Both wonderfully intelligent and delightfully silly, this Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel will keep you both enraptured and giggling. It also possesses what is sure to be one of the most bizarre publishing stories that you will ever encounter.