THE SECRET LIFE OF ALGERNON PENDLETON

by Russell H. Greenan ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 16, 1973

Ever since It Happened in Boston Mr. Greenan has been writing these stories of mischievous waywardness wattled with eccentricity of one kind or another threateningly close to insanity (you might also be tempted to drop the s in that last word unless you're as amused as Greenan intends you to be). Anyway this one is about Algernon, 51, selling off his great-grandfather's curios one by one to a man called Suleyman (Algernon's house is full of objets d'art -- it's also in Brookline not Boston). All except Eulalia: she's a Worcester pitcher with a big lip -- in fact she commands him to shoot the dog he takes in. This is the first of the dispositions: the second is Suleyman and the third is Eulalia when Algernon comes under the influence of another woman. Strange blooms in the majolica jardiniere? Actually if you look again they're philodendrons.

Pub Date: March 16, 1973

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1973

Categories: FICTION