Night-table Reading

Phyllis Diller (comedienne): Manhattan Cocktail, by Lewis Burke Frumkes (Fireside). "It is hilariously funny, tickles my fancy, and inspires me. The man is daft!"

Pawl Monette (author): Hollywood, by Gore Vidal (Random House). "I've always wanted to grow up to be Alice Roosevelt Longworth. "

Kathy Acker(author): Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy (Ecco Press). "A mingling of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah, only far richer. "

Ray Shavfcay (actor): Pere Goriot, by Honore de Balzac (NAL/Signet Classic). "Balzac changed my perception of who l was growing up in New York City. "