Herbert Gold is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and occasional journalist, who has made his living as a writer for fifty years.

"In the course of an impressive career as a writer, Herbert Gold has demonstrated many gifts, among them his talent for making high drama of ordinary events, ordinary people." - Chicago Tribune Book World; "Gold...has a sharp eye for detail." - The Washington Times Magazine; "Not just a good book, but a great one." - Daily Mail (London); "Herbert Gold... gives his stories a wry, bright air of wonder...he is a born storyteller." - New York Times; "One of the most gifted writers in America." - Detroit Times"

• PROGRAMMING THE PECULIAR THINGS, A SELFISH STORY, THE MAGIC WILL, A DEATH ON THE EAST SIDE, THE LIFE CONTAINED IN NOVELS AND THE NOVELIST’S LIFE, A SURVIVAL, A DAY WITH THE BOGEYMAN, A HAITIAN GENTLEMAN, MAX AND THE PACEMAKER, “I WANT A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE”, SONG OF THE FIRST AND LAST BEATNIK, THE OLDER WOMAN, LETTER FROM A FAR FRAT, AN EVENING WITH A BEARD IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI, “LET’S KILL THE FIRST RED-HAIRED MAN WE SEE. WAITING FOR THE FORTY-ONE UNION, FROM PROUST TO DADA, YOUNG MAN, OLD DAYS, MY SUMMER VACATION IN BIAFRA, THE DEATH OF BIAFRA AS SEEN FROM SAN FRANCISCO, STORIES I GUESS I WON’T WRITE, QUALITY TIME WITH SONNY BARGER, KING OF THE CLEVELAND BEATNIKS.

Herbert Gold is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and occasional journalist, who has made his living as a writer for fifty years.

"In the course of an impressive career as a writer, Herbert Gold has demonstrated many gifts, among them his talent for making high drama of ordinary events, ordinary people." - Chicago Tribune Book World; "Gold...has a sharp eye for detail." - The Washington Times Magazine; "Not just a good book, but a great one." - Daily Mail (London); "Herbert Gold... gives his stories a wry, bright air of wonder...he is a born storyteller." - New York Times; "One of the most gifted writers in America." - Detroit Times"

• PROGRAMMING THE PECULIAR THINGS, A SELFISH STORY, THE MAGIC WILL, A DEATH ON THE EAST SIDE, THE LIFE CONTAINED IN NOVELS AND THE NOVELIST’S LIFE, A SURVIVAL, A DAY WITH THE BOGEYMAN, A HAITIAN GENTLEMAN, MAX AND THE PACEMAKER, “I WANT A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE”, SONG OF THE FIRST AND LAST BEATNIK, THE OLDER WOMAN, LETTER FROM A FAR FRAT, AN EVENING WITH A BEARD IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI, “LET’S KILL THE FIRST RED-HAIRED MAN WE SEE. WAITING FOR THE FORTY-ONE UNION, FROM PROUST TO DADA, YOUNG MAN, OLD DAYS, MY SUMMER VACATION IN BIAFRA, THE DEATH OF BIAFRA AS SEEN FROM SAN FRANCISCO, STORIES I GUESS I WON’T WRITE, QUALITY TIME WITH SONNY BARGER, KING OF THE CLEVELAND BEATNIKS.

Herbert Gold is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and occasional journalist, who has made his living as a writer for fifty years.

"In the course of an impressive career as a writer, Herbert Gold has demonstrated many gifts, among them his talent for making high drama of ordinary events, ordinary people." - Chicago Tribune Book World; "Gold...has a sharp eye for detail." - The Washington Times Magazine; "Not just a good book, but a great one." - Daily Mail (London); "Herbert Gold... gives his stories a wry, bright air of wonder...he is a born storyteller." - New York Times; "One of the most gifted writers in America." - Detroit Times"

• PROGRAMMING THE PECULIAR THINGS, A SELFISH STORY, THE MAGIC WILL, A DEATH ON THE EAST SIDE, THE LIFE CONTAINED IN NOVELS AND THE NOVELIST’S LIFE, A SURVIVAL, A DAY WITH THE BOGEYMAN, A HAITIAN GENTLEMAN, MAX AND THE PACEMAKER, “I WANT A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE”, SONG OF THE FIRST AND LAST BEATNIK, THE OLDER WOMAN, LETTER FROM A FAR FRAT, AN EVENING WITH A BEARD IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI, “LET’S KILL THE FIRST RED-HAIRED MAN WE SEE. WAITING FOR THE FORTY-ONE UNION, FROM PROUST TO DADA, YOUNG MAN, OLD DAYS, MY SUMMER VACATION IN BIAFRA, THE DEATH OF BIAFRA AS SEEN FROM SAN FRANCISCO, STORIES I GUESS I WON’T WRITE, QUALITY TIME WITH SONNY BARGER, KING OF THE CLEVELAND BEATNIKS.