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Hey, hey “Heyday!”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Has anybody else read “Heyday?” It’s Kurt Andersen’s wonderful novel set in 1848, a rip-roarin’, old-fashioned-in-a-good-way saga that connects revolutionaries on the Paris barricades, gold miners in a California camp, Charles Dickens at a London dinner party, a child prostitute in New York City, a band of deserters in the Mexican-American war and a whole lot more.
Even more intriguing is the fact that Andersen used to be the editor of Spy Magazine, which in the ’90s carried the banner for a certain kind of snarky irony. There’s nothing at all snarky or ironic about “Heyday.” He takes his historical research and his characters seriously.
“Heyday” came out in early 2007 to good, and occasionally rapturous, reviews. It’s now out in paperback, a little more portable that way (it’s a big book). Authors don’t usually tour to support paperbacks, but Andersen is making the rounds, and he’ll be at the Decatur Library at 7:15 p.m. tonight (Jan. 16) to discuss and sign.
Stop by and say “Hey.” And if you have anything to offer on “Heyday” or Andersen, speak up here.
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