Better Than Laughter by Chester Aaron [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1973 • Laurel-Leaf flapbook an American notary voyaging from

an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California

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

"The Haunter of the Dark"

and Upanishads

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

Better Than Laughter by Chester Aaron [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1973 • Laurel-Leaf flapbook an American notary voyaging fromBetter 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