A Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories (Puffin Modern Classics) Biographies of Artists A suburban husband starts his

A suburban husband starts his afternoon shopping for basil for a party and ends it holding one of the guests at gunpoint in the basement

and the excitement of his presence

whose work has appeared in scores of newspapers

it is well written and a treat

from the first German tanks rolling across the Polish border in September 1939 to the Japanese surrender in September of 1945

A Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories (Puffin Modern Classics) Biographies of Artists A suburban husband starts hisA Newbery Honor Book A summer they'll never forget. Each summer Joey and his sister, Mary Alicetwo city slickers from Chicagovisit Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, they find that it's far from sleepy and Grandma is far from your typical grandmother. From seeing their first corpse (and he isn't resting easy) to helping Grandma trespass, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungryall in one dayJoey and Mary Alice