"IVAN Inspired by a True Story" reveals the inner workings of a Nobel Laureate’s squirrelly genius by way of an eponymous novel where a lifetime of dreams and passing thoughts compress with nothing wasted. “An artistic iliad, confronting disillusion, and the impossibility of fully comprehending the universe. In its own way, bold as Ethel Merman, with a touch of Señor Wences, and vintage Queen Mary. Like the time she sang Yes, We Have No Bananas. Spirit-lifting words, on a bay of blue. Her German accent made all the difference.” "IVAN LEFKOWITZ" is the third volume in the WORDS trilogy which includes "THE NEXT A Gobsmacking Odyssey of Reinvention" and "WHY LOVE?: A Punch-Drunk Proustian Odyssey", and as with the others, stands on its own.