Terry Southern was known for understanding the aspirations of 'would-be hipsters', 'on-the-ball journalists', failed bullfighters and veterans. Whether recreating a crazy car journey in Mexico, staging a hilarious drama with Freud and Kafka, he was an addictive story-teller, one that was wise and cruel simultaneously. The stories in this collection were written over a twelve year period ending in 1971. The condition is very good however some scuffs and marks on the top and spine of the cover as common with a book of this age.