Apple, Max

Apple, Max

▪ American writer
in full  Max Isaac Apple  
born Oct. 22, 1941, Grand Rapids, Mich., U.S.

      American writer known for the comic intelligence of his stories, which chronicle pop culture and other aspects of American life.

      Apple's first language was Yiddish. Educated at the University of Michigan (B.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1970), Apple taught at Reed College, Portland, Ore., from 1970 to 1971 and at Rice University, Houston, Texas, from 1972.

      Apple's satire is distinguished by its gentle spoofing. His cast of characters often includes a mix of historical figures and fictional creations, as in The Oranging of America (1976), with its stories about materialism that feature such historical figures as cereal manufacturer C.W. Post (Post, C W), restaurant and motor-lodge entrepreneur Howard Johnson, and novelist Norman Mailer (Mailer, Norman). In Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right (1978), a Jewish man from Detroit manages the career of a middleweight Puerto Rican boxer named Jesus Goldstein, and brief appearances are made by J. Edgar Hoover (Hoover, J. Edgar), Fidel Castro (Castro, Fidel), and Jane Fonda (Fonda, Jane). His subsequent works include the collection of short stories Free Agents (1984) and The Propheteers (1987), a colourful satire of the entrepreneurs who shaped American fast-food culture. Apple's later novels Roommates: My Grandfather's Story (1994) and I Love Gootie: My Grandmother's Story (1998) are highly autobiographical narratives about growing up in the United States with first-generation Jewish grandparents. The Jew of Home Depot, and Other Stories (2007) is a collection of eclectic stories whose characters range from a disabled little girl who bonds with the mute characters of Disneyland to a teenage girl with a passion for shot put.

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