Word MonkeyA remarkable memoir from the acclaimed author of the Bryant & May series and the award winning Paperboy, in which he contemplates how he became a writer and what it's meant to him, while weaving into the narrative his candid, moving (and surprisingly funny) account of having to confront his own mortality in what he knew would be the final chapter in his story. 'A delight . . . a glorious, witty and life affirming ragbag of autobiography, cultural