The Portable Lentricchia is an ideal entrance into the fi ctional world of the novelist described as "the greatest unknown writer in America." This thrilling selection of Frank Lentricchia's fi ction - from his debut Johnny Critelli to the forthcoming The Accidental Pallbearer - showcases much of his best work, underlining the themes that have preoccupied him and off ering readers an astonishing range of set pieces fi lled with surging lyricism, abrupt violence, and outrageous humor.