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“There’s no puppy fat on these slight short stories whose author, now 21, is not much older (or probably very different from) the Jerry Gordon who figures in all of them. They have had partial magazine appearance and . . . “Just Fine,” one of the best, was chosen by Story magazine for an award as the best college work of short fiction. Mayer’s touch is nice and natural.”

—KIRKUS

“I consider it a remarkable collection. The stories are frank and direct, enlivened by the spirit of a ‘Western’ sensibility that never becomes mannered. I like too their lack of quaintness in the sense that while they record what is timeless in a young man’s experience, the experience is distinctly responsive to contemporary circumstance. In short they’re alive, show a good ear, and demonstrate a . . . respect for the names and shape of things.”

—WILLIAM WIEGAND

“I find Mayer’s writing remarkable . . . strong . . . straightforward . . . precise . . . honest. After reading Bubble Gum and Kipling, I think you’ll agree.”

—OAKLAND TRIBUNE

“Ernest Hemingway spoke a truth about fiction. He said a writer’s task is to tell what happens and what he feels about it. Tom Mayer has heard Hemingway. (His stories) become experience. Mayer writes like himself, not Hemingway. But he writes under the Hemingway injunction.”

—LIFE MAGAZINE

“One of the first significant voices of a brand-new generation.”

–PAUL HORGAN

“Keep your eye on Tom Mayer . . . he can write.”

—ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE

“Very impressive.”

—HOUSTON NEWS