John Smith, U.S.A.

John Smith, U.S.A. assembles a lively collection of poetry and humorous prose that captures the texture of everyday American life through the figure of an ordinary man repeated in many forms. The book opens with a homesick traveller discovering the name "e;John Smith, U.S.A."e; in a London register, a small detail that sparks a chain of reflections on the countless Americans who might bear that sa...