Better Than Laughter by Chester Aaron [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1973 • Laurel-Leaf flapbook tries to do good within

tries to do good within the context of almost illimitable cynicism and corruption

Anthony Burgess's cast of astonishing characters includes Roper's German prostitute wife

"The Haunter of the Dark"

whisking olive oil into mayonnaise

at age seventy-one

Better Than Laughter by Chester Aaron [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1973 • Laurel-Leaf flapbook tries to do good withinBetter Than Laughter by Chester Aaron FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1973] DELL LAUREL LEAF Vintage paperback. Mint and unread. Chester Aaron writes with the realism most teenagers demand of a book. They should appreciate this author's hard, uncompromising look at an American way of life." The Boston Morning Globe Allan, 12, and his brother Sam, 10, live in a world of expensive cars and swimming pools, Japanese gardeners and black maids; a world where any