The Bear Went Over the Mountain - (Owl Book) by William Kotzwinkle (Paperback)

About the Book

The bestselling author of "The Fan Man" and "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial" does it again--with the story of Hal Jam, a big black bear who finds a manuscript under a tree in the Maine woods, dons a suit and tie, and heads off to the big city to seek his fame and fortune. "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" captures the zeitgeist of the 1990s dead on in a delicious bedtime story for grownups.

Book Synopsis

William Kotzwinkle, the esteemed author of The Fan Man and E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, is in top comic form in this outrageous and uproarious parable.

Meet Hal Jam--a big black bear who finds a manuscript under a tree in the Maine woods, dons a suit and a tie, and heads off to the big city to seek his fame and fortune. What follows is a riotous magical romp with the buoyant Hal Jam as he leaves the quiet, nurturing world of the forest for the glittering and corrupt world of humans. New York and Hollywood and all that lies between serve as an expansive palette for Kotzwinkle's wickedly funny satiric brush.

The Bear Went Over the Mountain skewers our age's obsession with money and fame in a delicious bedtime story for grown-ups.

Review Quotes

"The funniest fable of our time"
--Los Angeles Times

"I think William Kotzwinkle is our Boccaccio--there isn't anyone funnier, smarter, or more inventive than he."
--Richard Bausch, author of In the Night Season

"A delightful fable . . . hilarious . . . Kotzwinkle has created a real star."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

William Kotzwinkle is a two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Fiction, a winner of the World Fantasy Award, and a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He's the author of the cult classic The Fan Man as well as Dr. Rat, Farting Dog, and many others.