was how one critic described the work of American writer Lee Roslen
Perhaps he's best known for The Education of Hyman Kaplan in which Kaplan argues that if the feminine of host is hostess then the feminine of ghost must be ghostess. But Leo Rosten has also written many Hollywood scripts, been a regular contributor to the New Yorker and recently published another bestseller, The Joys of Yiddish.
A second chance to hear this programme in which BENNY GREEN asks LEO ROSTEN hOW his love affair began and why, and introduces a recording of ERIC PORTER reading from The Education of Hyman Kaplan. Producer HELEN FRY
Drawing by C. Keeling from The
Educalion of Hyman Kaplan (Conslabk)