Days of Life and Death and Escape to the Moon

The best book I've ever read, and possibley the best book William Saroyan ever wrote. I haven't read all of his work, but with an estimated 200 unpublished works alone... I dont expect I'll get a comprehensive position on that in this lifetime.

And of course what they [Writers] have managed to say, at their best, has been magnificent, has been incredible, has been beautiful, but it hasn't been coffee, cigarettes, travel, people, beer, whiskey, gambling, fornication, laughter, talk, and pleasure.
-William Saroyan.

you can buy the book for $3 used. Go get it.