West, Paul (Vol. 14) - Introduction

West, Paul 1930–

A novelist, critic, poet, teacher, essayist, and short story writer, West is an Englishman now living in America. He became known for the zany inventiveness of the Alley Jaggers novels; but it is Words for a Deaf Daughter that reveals his essential optimism. (See also CLC, Vol. 7, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 13-16, rev. ed.)