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The man who wrote the perfect novel: John Williams, Stoner, and the writing life
The man who wrote the perfect novel: John Williams, Stoner, and the writing life
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Shields, Charles J
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English
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Hughes Main Library - Adult Biography
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From the Book - First English-language edition.
Part 1. Nothing But the Night
He comes from Texas
"Ho, ho! wasn't I the character then?"
Rough draft
Key West
Alan swallow
Love
Part 2. Butcher's Crossing
The Winters Circle
"Natural liars are the best writers"
Butcher's Crossing
Fiasco
Part. 3. Stoner
"It was that kind of world"
"The Williams affair"
Stoner
Part 4. Augustus
Bread loaf and "up on the hill"
The good guys
"Long life to the emperor!"
Part 5. The Sleep of Reason
Poem : "An old actor to his audience"
"How can such a son of a bitch have such talent?"
In extremis
Epilogue. John Williams redux.
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Authors, American
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ISBN
9781477317365
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