Love and the Incredibly Old Man

by Lee A. Siegel

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" begins one chapter of critically acclaimed Lee Siegel's new novel, Love and the Incredibly Old Man . "In the beginning" starts another. What else can a novelist do when hired as a ghostwriter by an elderly, irascible, conquistador-costumed man claiming to be the 540-year-old Juan Ponce de Le n? The fantastic life of that legendary explorer--inventor of rum, cigars, Coca-Cola, and popcorn--is the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226757056
• ISBN13: 9780226757056
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"