The Basement: A Novel of the Sixties

by Sasha Newborn, Stanley Goldstein (Illustrator), Graham Mackintosh (Illustrator)

The Basement, a Novel of the Sixties recounts the story of a returned Peace Corps Volunteer, would-be writer, whose stories are not selling enough to pay the rent. He takes the offer of living in a basement, rent-free. Meanwhile, the Sixties are happening all around, on the college campus with marches and protests, drop-ins to the basement include druggies, AWOLs, teenage girls staying out of their dorms overnight, free beer, and a seemingly endless party scene. At the same time, Africa keeps coming back to his mind, the girl he left behind, the students, the vast cultural divide, the animals, the adventure. When he leaves the basement, it is to enter the world outside, the world of protest and anger with a vitality that his college education hadn't prepared him for.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Editor-publisher Bandanna Books 1981-present
Partner in Mudborn Press 1975-1981
Designer/typesetter Black Sparrow 1975-2003
Radio producer 1977-1983
Freelance writer New York City 1968-1973
Editor Middle Earth newspaper 1966-1967
Peace Corps teacher Tanzania 1963-1965

Currently semi-retired in Santa Barbara. Hiker, biker, snorkeler, "book doc," publisher