Stanley Gontarski

“’The palpable hits fall thick and fast', as Beckett once remarked to David Hayman about his thesis on Mallarmé and Joyce, and the resulting narrative thrust that [Gontarski’s] book now has, driven by the author's impressive knowledgeability of the American theatrical landscape, makes it a compelling, riveting read chock-full of new insights. [. . .] ending with a hard-hitting conclusion that touches on matters of publication, textual reliability and co-authorship.”