City Heat

This collection of poetry, prose, and drawings by a noted "New Yorker" cartoonist range in theme from a boy taught to kill by his older brother, a soldier in World War II who discovers a magic potion, how one sandlot football game shapes a boy's life, and much more.

Fiction: general & literary (illustrated) - short stories and poems A boy is taught to kill by his older brother. A traveler in southern Europe is confronted by the fearful violence of Albrecht Der. A chess champion is destroyed by an unknown player. A soldier in WWII discovers a magic potion. One sandlot football game shapes a boy's life. Long after her death, young Ava Gardner is discovered in a high school. A becalmed sailboat helplessly watches a hurricane approach. A doctor and his wife are trapped in a Florida swamp. A young woman escapes a life of sexual bondage in France. An impatient patient dares challenge the medical establishment. Drawings of prisoners open windows in a maximum-security prison. Written with humor, hope and heart.