James McCourt

James McCourt was born in New York City and attended Manhattan College, NYU, the Yale School of Drama, and the Old Met. Among his works of fiction and nonfiction are Mawrdew Czgowchwz (published by NYRB Classics), Wayfaring at Waverly in Silver Lake, and Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985. He lives in New York City.

Mawrdew Czgowchwz

James McCourt's entrancing send-up of the world of opera has been a cult classic for more than a quarter-century. This comic tribute to the love of art is a triumph of art and love by a contemporary American master.

Category: Fiction
Publisher: NYRB Classics
 
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What's For Dinner

A bittersweet comedy of "group therapy manners" about cracking up and putting the pieces back together from the writer John Ashbery called "America's greatest poet."

Category: Fiction
Publisher: NYRB Classics
 
Paperback    £8.99