EDITION: 1969 Scholastic Book Services, second printing CONDITION: Some foxing on the cover. Overall good condition, clean text, no crease on the binding. Cute little paperback DESCRIPTION: Homer Fink could speak Latin and Greek or chart the orbit of the planet Jupiter, but when it came to tying his shoelaces or knotting his tie, Homer was helpless. The Adventures of Homer Fink is a story of youth's first awareness of power and philosophy and love. It is peopled with characters as real as your next-door neighbors and yet uniquely extraordinary. Above all this is a tale full of humor and affection and the wonder of growing up. "A classic!" (The Wall Street Journal) Author Bio: Sidney Offit is a novelist, teacher and curator of the George Polk Journalism Awards. He has served on the Authors Guild Council for three decades and is the President of the Authors Guild Foundation. His Memoir of the Bookie's Son was recommended by American Heritage, The New Yorker and The New York Times.