The story of America's greatest hoax, "the Cardiff Giant"—shows up even the legendary. P.T.Barnum! All with a fantastical twist from award-winning author Harvey Jacobs.PRAISE FOR AMERICAN GOLIATHAn inspired novel.—TIME MagazineA masterpiece...arguably this year's best novel.—Kirkus Reviews.Bells clanging, lights aflash, the plot's ball bangs and rebounds. . . . A wonderful and wonderfully funny book.—James SallisLA TimesHis characters are haunting. . . . I have rarely enjoyed finding a writer as much as I have enjoyed my own discovery of Jacobs.—Robert CromieChicago TribuneHe manages to satirize our all-too-human foibles and failures without becoming too blackly unforgiving.—Thomas M. DischWashington PostQuietly amused, wry approach that gives distinction to Mr. Jacobs' work . . . his dry humor would be hard to improve on.—Elizabeth EastonThe Saturday ReviewA wonderfully engrossing read. . . . I recommend it to everyone who has given up of ever again being entertained at such a high level of aspiration.—Michael MoorcockA bawdy, joyous romp . . . it's a wonderful book.—Jack DannLook upon the amazing world of Harvey Jacobs! Come one, come all, for an experience never to be forgotten!—Fred ChappellLike Doctorow's Ragtime and George R. R. Martin's Fevre Dream, it's totally realized.—Howard WaldropA great book should aspire (and succeed) in making you laugh, making you cry and just maybe, making you think. . . . Harvey's novels will do all that.—John PelanAbout Harvey JacobsHarvey Jacobs is the award-winning author of "American Goliath" ("An inspired novel"—TIME Magazine). His short fiction has appeared in a wide spectrum of magazines in the USA and abroad including Esquire, The Paris Review, Playboy, Fantasy & Science Fiction, New Worlds, and many anthologies. In addition to the novels and short stories, he has written widely for television, the Earplay Project for radio drama, and helped create and name the Obie Awards for the Village Voice. He was publisher of the counterculture newspaper, East. He received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a New York Arts Council CAPS award for drama, a Playboy Fiction Award, and a Writers Guild of America script award.