edited by Shelley Fishkin
Now there's no excuse for not delving into the tall tales and mordant observations of America's greatest humorist. Samuel Clemens's complete works have been collected in a set of 29 illustrated volumes, introduced by such Twainiacs as Toni Morrison, Roy Blount Jr. and Walter Mosley. The expert editor is University of Texas professor Shelley Fishkin, and it's her conviction that the prolific, irreverent Twain saw the best and worst about America, "our extravagant promise and our stunning failures, our comic foibles and our tragic flaws." (Oxford, $19.95 each)
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