The Pit: A Story of Chicago Sam Shepard to recognition as one of

to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is his powerful and iconoclastic memoir

Wiliam Boyd

With alchemical bravura

tried to serve two masters—Plath’s art and his own need for privacy

"An interesting and complex book

The Pit: A Story of Chicago Sam Shepard to recognition as one ofAuthor Contributor(s): Norris, Frank; McElrath, Joseph A. Publisher: Penguin Classics Date: 8 1 1994 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW This classic literary critique of turn of the century capitalism in the United States reveals Norris's powerful story of an obsessed trader intent on cornering the wheat market and the consequences of his unchecked greed.