“Hundreds of thousands of people regard me, I believe, as something of a success: A well-dressed, well-fed young writer… an Oriental whose name has become a word in the English language.”


SAROYAN, n., one with money, a gentleman, a scholar, an artist; v., to slay, butcher, club, strafe, bombard, or cause to spin; adj., pleasing, ill-mannered, gallant; prep., near-by, within, over, under, toward.

“What, however, is the inside story? What is the truth? Who is the real Saroyan? Is he a success or a failure? I will go over the entire saga from there to here chronologically…”


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