The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories » (Bargain)

Blessed with extraordinary narrative skills, journalist and bestselling author Mark Kurlansky has turned a variety of eclectic, offbeat topics into engaging nonfiction blockbusters like Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1997), Salt: A World History (2002), and The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (2006).

The White Man in the Tree is a comedy of cultural misunderstandings set in the Caribbean, New York, and Paris, a novella and eight stories about people who, because of their differences- between men and women, blacks and whites, Caribbeans and visitors, Jews and Christians, rich and poor- misjudge each other. As celebrated a nonfictipon writer he is, Mark Kurlansky was born to write fiction aas well: he has an ability to unmask our foibles and write about love with wit and outright humor.

Los Angeles Times

An elegant brief history with a good scattering of recipes- he brings a tremendous complex of issues into lucid focus... This story is related with vast brio and wit.