The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The uproarious adventures of a big black bear who finds a manuscript under a tree in rural Maine, dons a suit and tie, and heads off to conquer New York, Hollywood and all that lies between. A deliciously wicked satire on our age’s obsession with money and fame.
WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING
“The funniest fable of our time.”
“Very funny, and probably true.”
“Hilarious and sometimes touching… Kotzwinkle has created a real star.”
“FABULOUS! EXTREMELY FUNNY, MAD, AND A BRILLIANTLY SANE NOVEL – KOTZWINKLE IS SUPERB.”
“Hal makes you laugh out loud and root for his success.”
“William Kotzwinkle is our Boccaccio – there isn’t anyone funnier, smarter, or more inventive than he, and he brandishes his satirical sword exactly as wickedly and as scathingly as Boccaccio does, with the same oddly tolerant smile... I urge readers not to try reading it at night, while family members are trying to sleep; you’ll keep them awake howling with laughter.”
“I just surrendered. I sat here laughing. I live alone, but laughed aloud until the child next door called up to me, ‘What’s the matter?’ ‘I’m laughing.’ ‘But what’s the matter?’ The matter is that this is the funniest book I’ve ever read about bears, the lit-biz, academic pomposity, and wandering innocently in Manhattan and the purgatory of the book tour. Yes, it is. I love the book.”
“A comic masterpiece satirizing fame, fortune, and the human condition… An uproarious fable for our time, a tale of magic realism that leaves us shaking our heads and shedding copious tears of laughter as a humble bear learns to imitate and embrace human pretensions and folly.”
FROM A FEW OF THE FIVE-STAR AMAZON REVIEWS
"The funniest book on the planet"
"My all-time favorite book!"
"A great metaphor for human priorities!"
"Maddeningly hilarious!"
"As funny as the truth can be"
"Wickedly funny allegory"
"A paradigm shift"
"You have to read this book!"