Cedarhurst Alley

There are laughs at everyone's expense in this slick sometimes raunchy spoof.-<I>Publishers' Weekly</I></p><p>As a writer (Denny) Hatch is no slouch. In a mirror-slick ribald style he has fleshed out his wishbone with a cast of characters that would make Thorne Smith whirl in his grave. A lovable Nazi an ebullient Greek with two phones in his Cadillac a National Guard Colonel who wants to take on the 101st Airborne and a neighbor named E. Kirk Hall? are just a few of the batty but believable characters who help make the whole wild idea seem almost plausible. And Hatch can be very funny. <I>Cedarhurst Alley</I> will not have airline executives queuing up at bookstores to rush copies to their stockholders. But if taken in the vein in which it was undoubtedly written it is a humorous highly readable book.-<I>Business & Commercial Aviation</I></p><p>Moreover the book is not what you would expect. It is sound enough technically to satisfy the stomachs of controllers and pilots--a burp here or there perhaps. It should also satisfy the legal beagles. There are exaggerations sure but the author has done a masterful job of researching and studying the noise problem. And he has woven around this very complex problem a compelling yard that is at once hilarious provocative-and sobering.-<I>Journal of ATC</I> (Air Traffic Control)</p><p>The serious undercurrent tends to be forgotten because of Mr. Hatch's playful approach his frequent tongue-in-cheek fooling and general humor which ranges from some clever dialogue and snappy observations to wildly imaginative characters and musings.-<I>Best Sellers</I></p><P>