Accompanied by drawings and arranged chronologically, these Portable People are artists, inventors, politicians, athletes, stars and murderers. The sketches are improvisatory, nostalgic, exuberant, and depraved, and throughout one is reminded that "West is a literary gem whose luster gleams even brighter with each new effort".--The New York Times Book Review.
Accompanied by drawings and arranged chronologically, these Portable People are artists, inventors, politicians, athletes, stars and murderers. The sketches are improvisatory, nostalgic, exuberant, and depraved, and throughout one is reminded that "West is a literary gem whose luster gleams even brighter with each new effort".--The New York Times Book Review.