Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Tiefste Provinz, 1931–1950
6. Geyt, yidelech, in der vayter velt 11
7. A Light Has Gone Out in Israel 19
8. À bas les Juifs 27
9. Shabbes Goy 39
10. A Losers’ Finishing School 55
11. Yurop, 1950–1972
12. Bohemia among the Fishermen: Ibiza 67
13. Mr. Gauche of the Rive-gauche: Paris 80
14. What Do You Know about the Circus? 92
15. Cathy, Commerce, and Señor Hoore: London 103
16. Friends and Enemies 118
17. Florence Mann, the Golden Shiska 131
18. The End of the Apprenticeship 143
19. Certified Libel-Free 154
20. Idols of the Tribe 168
21. Cocksure; Spent Worm 183
22. Mortimer Square and the Counterculture 198
23. Horseman 210
24. Home Again, 1972–2001
25. Return to Avonlea 237
26. Hollywood North 249
27. Kiddie Author 258
28. Back to Ibiza 268
29. Lily, Round 3 272
30. Last of the Free-Market Scribblers 290
31. The Bronfmans Are Gathering 308
32. Tongue Trooper 320
33. VIP’s Israel 336
34. The Bourgeois Trickster 345
35. Absolut Barney 352
36. A Few Parting Shots 364
37. Notes 377
38. Bibliography 459
39. Index 485