Publisher's Synopsis
Celebrated author Ben Hecht is best known for writing such classic screenplays as "Wuthering Heights" and "Spellbound" and for ghost writing Marilyn Monroe's autobiography, "My Story." Hecht's classic dark novel about the mad recluse artist Fantazius Mallare includes masterful illustrations by artist Wallace Smith. The biting and rambunctious dedication is said to have inspired Allen Ginsberg's long poem "Howl."
