Rapport A M. Le Directeur General Des Ponts Et Chaussees Et Des Mines, Sur L'Emploi de L'Air Chaud (1834)

Percival Andrew Powell IIIaDrew to his friendsaspends his time as an unemployed, unpublished writer drinking too much, smoking too much and wallowing in apathetic indifference, until an impromptu cross-country road trip forces him out into the world. The Seller of Dreams is a richly entertaining novel brimming with biting satire and funny, introspective, sometimes subtle observations that cast a penetrating light on this generationas values.