Bowl of Cherries

The man who wrote the first screenplay for Mr. Magoo, now at 91 years old, gives us his first novel. He is not new to writing, only novels, having written several screenplays, a few award winning. Remember Mr. Magoo? Anyone? The blind man who did all kinds of funny things because he couldn't see? We......more

I wanted to like this book a LOT more than I did. How you can not get behind a 1st novel written by an author is his NINETIES? Unfortunately, it is what it is...meaning that it's a first novel, and it shows. It shows in the tenuous structure, linked only because it's all happening to the protagonist......more

I have just finished reading Bowl of Cherries, the debut novel from nonagenarian, Oscar-nominee, and Mr. Magoo co-creator Millard Kaufman. Kaufman is a precocious writer, unabashedly using phrases like “wee beasties,” and this particular tale is indeed cut from the same cloth as Catcher in the Rye. I......more

i read this because this is the author's first work. the author is in his 90's. bully for him! and, truly, the publisher is to be commended for a great book design. sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. slightly strange book by oddly hypnotic. i couldn't stop reading it. honestly, it was just......more

A birdie that lives inside me said to check this book out, written by quite an old man who has lived a full life. I enjoyed 30% of the book, the remaining 70% reminded me why I hate gifted children, pick fights with them I always said. I will continue to say-unless they are in an Iraqi jail. If I go......more