The Man With a Certain Talent

by Pierre Sichel

In public he preached about his poetry.
In private he corrupted his women.

He was a first-class heel and a first-rate poet. The world bowed in reverence to his talent. . . . Only his closest friends and the women who loved him knew the passionate excesses, the sodden tragedy of his life.

With searing insight, Pierre Sichel bares the forces that skyrocket a rural poet to fame . . . and the inner fury that drives him toward destruction.

381 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1960

About the author

Pierre Sichel was born in New York City. He graduated from Williams College and served with a ski troop in the Aleutians during World War II. His first novel, completed soon after his return to civilian life, was a choice of the Fiction Book Club. Mr. Sichel, his wife and children live in Sherman, Connecticut. J. B. Lippincott Company published the hardcover edition of The Sapbucket Genius.

Reviews

[Burt Chabot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having spent so many summers starting some fifty years ago, growing up summers in Anglia Center, Cantligny, and the collage I have perhaps a slight bias. Once you know a few of people involved the precision of Pierre Sichel's insight is just helarious. While not exactly flattering, all too accurate. Cheney jr.