Nowhere has Booth Tarkington done such finished, exquisite work as in his story of boyhood. The full flavor of his story is not only for the grown man or woman but for anyone who enjoys the comic muse. It is a picture of a boy's heart, full of those lovable, humorous, tragic things which are locked secrets to older folks unless one has the gift of understanding. Booth Tarkington has it eminently and "Penrod" will stand as a classic interpretation of the omnipresent subtlety—BOY.

From the dust jacket