Mulching of America

By Harry Crews

Book Overview

Harry Crews turns the classic rags-to-riches story on its head in this hilarious saga of the trials and tribulations of a beleaguered salesman. "An over-the-top comedy in which the veteran wild man of redneck fiction casts his satirical eye on the all-American world of door-to-door sales".--Kirkus Reviews.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684809346
• ISBN13: 9780684809342
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Satriristic Crews

Although this book was not as strange, or as blatently shocking and funny as Crews' other masterpieces, this book is truly one of his greatest, and one of the greatest social satires to date. In the spirit of "Death of a Salesman" and in the tone of a truly tortured soul, this book was witty, remarkable, and brilliant.

An insane, inspired look at corporate America

I had the wrong impression of this book. I thought it was one of those character portraits, eccentric and revealing, at least of the poor sclub which it details. Wow, was I wrong. I was right that it was eccentric, but it was so in a completely different fashion from what I'd imagined. 'The Mulching Of America' is an absurdist fantasy in all senses of the word but, at heart it really is quite a clever commentary. I recommend this book for it's inventiveness, if not for it's ridiculousness.

Harry Crew is a genius

Harry Crews is possibly one of the greatest writers in America today and I'm not even American. This book is a piss take on corporate america, its both funny and deeply profound at the same time. You may want to kill your boss after reading this book!