When Stoner was published in 1965, the novel sold only a couple of thousand copies before disappearing with hardly a trace.
In this long-awaited new biography, Tom Williams shadows one of the true literary giants of the twentieth century and considers how crime writing was raised to the level of art.
Follies of God provides dazzling insight into how Williams conjured the dramatic characters and plays that so transformed American theater.
... Williams since myth has replaced the facts of his life and influence . An example of these inadequate articles is ... Ellis , “ Advent of the New York Indians into Wis- consin , " WHC 2 ( 1856 ) : 415-45 ; Ellis , “ Recollections ...
... University , 1937 ) , 100-103 . 42 Samuel Dean narrative , 2 November 1938 , Nashville , Tenn . , FWPP . 43 Ellis B. Jones interview by John Rumble , 29 May 1981 , in author's possession . 44 J. B. Williams interview . 45 Louise Williams ...
... IN : Author House , 2008 ) . 27 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Ghost_Fathers . 28 Guardian , vol . 2 , 39 . 29 The ... Williams , From Columbus to Castro : The History of the Caribbean : 1942-1969 ( London : Andre Deutsch , 1970 ) ...
... (in author's possession); Francis Ellis interview with author; Freida Bailey Greene interview with author, 26 March 1998. 3. Bell I. Wiley, The Training of Negro Troops (Washington, DC: Army Ground Forces Historical Section, 1946); ...
... in author Rosa Guy's novel. My Love, My Love, set in the Caribbean, about a peasant girl's passion for the son ... Ellis Williams, Milton Nealy, Nikki Rene, La Chanze, Jerry Dixon, Lillias White, Sheila Gibbs, Gerry Mcln- tyre, Afi ...
... in author's possession . 17. Virginia Durr to Lady Bird Johnson , April 12 , 1972 ; October 8 , 1969 , Lady Bird ... Ellis interview with author , March 24 , 2003 ; Randall Williams interview with au- thor , March 25 , 2003 ; Myron ...
Nikita Mikhalkov said that before this book came out we didn't know Chekhov. . . The author doesn't invent, add or embellish anything . . . Rayfield is motivated by the Westerner's urge not ot hold information back, however grim it may be.