VINTAGE CLASSICS : THE PRINCE OF WEST END AVENUE PB – ALAN ISLER

"<p><b>Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.</b><br /><br /><b>A youthful tale of geriatric amateur theatrics and one of the most powerful and affecting comedies of modern times.</b><br /><br />In the Emma Lazarus retirement home in uptown Manhattan, the Jewish inmates embark on a chaotic, bitchy production of<i> Hamlet. </i>But for our hero, Otto Korner more is at stake than simply directing his quirky, libidinous fellow residents in the play. Somebody knows Otto s secret, and as comedy and tragedy combine he is transported back to his pre-American past in Germany, Zurich, and finally, Auschwitz. <br /><br />Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, <i>The Prince of West End Avenue</i> was a critical sensation on its first publication in 1994. A youthful tale of geriatric amateur theatrics, its dramatic curtain call ensures this is one of the most powerful and affecting comedies of modern times.</p>"