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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
162 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Havanas in Camelot brings together fourteen of Styron's personal essays, including a reminiscence of his brief friendship with John F. Kennedy; a recollection of the power and ceremony on display at the inauguration of François Mitterrand; memoirs of Truman Capote, James Baldwin, and Terry Southern; a meditation on Mark Twain; an account of Styron's daily walks with his dog; and an evocation of his summer home on Martha's Vineyard. Styron's essays...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2012
Edition
First ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 672 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This volume takes readers on an American journey from FDR to George W. Bush through the trenchant observations of one of the country's greatest writers. Not only will readers take pleasure in William Styron's correspondence with and commentary about the people and events that made the past century such a momentous and transformative time, they will also share the writer's private meditations on the very art of writing.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st Vintage International ed.
Physical Desc
224 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two works about soldiers in a time of dubious peace by a writer of eloquence and moral authority. With stylistic panache and vitriolic wit, Styron depicts conflicts between men of somewhat more than average intelligence and the military machine. In The Long March, a novella, two Marine reservists fight to retain their dignity while on a grueling exercise staged by a posturing colonel. The uproariously funny play In the Clap Shack charts the terrified...
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