The Penny Wars

'Baker continuously turns laughter into pain, then back again, yet always leaving the wound of truth."
-The New York Times Book Review

'Baker is still the jabberwocky with jaws that bite, tickling the reader into laughter with his left claw while his right one holds a shiv."
-Life Magazine

'A mixture of laughter and tears expressed by a writer of rare discernment and powerful, lucid style."
-Los Angeles Times

'Extraordinarily well-written and shatteringly funny."
-Saturday Review