FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
This sumptuous oral biography of Eugene Walter, the best-known man you've never heard of, is an eyewitness history of the heart of the last centuryenlivened with personal glimpses of luminaries from William Faulkner and Martha Graham to Judy Garland and Leontyne Priceand a pitch-perfect addition to the Southern literary tradition that has critics cheering.
"Katherine Clarkhas edited Eugene Walter's oral history into a book as amazing as the man himself." JONATHAN YARDLEY, WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
,/p>"Milking the Moon has perfect pitch and flawlessly captures Eugene's pixilated wonderland of a life. I love this bookand I couldn't put it down."PAT CONROY
"Surprising and serendipitous."NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Anecdotes so frothy they ought to be served with a paper parasol over crushed ice."PEOPLE
"A rare literary treatthe temptation is to wolf it down all at once, but it's much more satisfying to take your sweet time. The most unique oral history of the mid-twentieth century."TIMES-PICAYUNE (NEW ORLEANS)
"An exceptionally fun read."ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION