This is an old reader's report on Gerhardie from my long ago publishing days....I'm sure Sonny never got past the first paragraph. So glad to see Melville House has pursued! July 19, 1990Sonny, I have now read three William Gerhardie books, Futility, The...
Some fiction is disappointing and leaves you wishing the author had never intruded on your mind. But some is disappointing in a way that makes you wish you'd read a different book by the same person; The Polygots is disappointing in this more optimistic way. Gerhardie starts out strong, with a fa...