The Penny Wars

?Baker continuously turns laughter into pain, then back again, yet always leaving the wound of truth.? -The New York Times Book Review ?Baker is still the jabberwocky with jaws that bite, tickling the reader into laughter with his left claw while his right one holds a shiv.? -Life Magazine ?A mixture of laughter and tears expressed by a writer of rare discernment and powerful, lucid style.? -Los Angeles Times ?Extraordinarily well-written and shatteringly funny.? -Saturday Review