George V. Higgins: The Life and Writings - Softcover

Ford, Erwin H.

 
9780786494750: George V. Higgins: The Life and Writings
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786494751 ISBN 13: 9780786494750
Verlag: McFarland, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Best known for his popular crime fiction, Boston novelist George V. Higgins (1939-1999) should stand among the top ranks of the American literary canon. In his 26 novels and dozens of short stories, Higgins chronicled the lives of Boston's Irish with his trademark hard-boiled dialog, exploring the criminal underworld, American democracy, Boston politics, personal redemption and New England life in the tradition of Hawthorne and Thoreau. This intimate biography explores his turbulent life and career, including his working-class Irish Catholic roots, his two stormy marriages, his ambivalence toward the city of his birth, his passion for the limelight, and his drinking, which disrupted his family life and led to his early death at age 59. Discussions of Higgins's individual works and excerpts from his correspondence, writings, and thoughts on literature complete this revealing portrait.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Erwin H. Ford II teaches at Albany State University in Georgia. He has written for the Buffalo News (NY), the Raleigh News and Observer, and has been a columnist for Cox Communication newspapers. He lives in Americus, Georgia.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0786494751
ISBN 13 
9780786494750
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
228
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