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Maxwell is the unsung hero of American literature. This is a beautifully observed and moving novel about ...
'As the voices of Austen, Turgenev and Tolstoy have survived, so will Maxwell's' The Times
William Maxwell (1908-2000) was born in Illinois. He was the author of a distinguished body of work: six novels, three short story collections, an autobiographical memoir and a collection of literary essays and reviews. A New Yorker editor for 40 years, he helped to shape the prose and careers of John Updike, John Cheever, John O'Hara, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Eudora Welty. His novel, So Long Tomorrow won the American Book Award, and in 1995 he received the PEN/Malamud Award.
CHOSEN BY ANN PATCHETT AS HER ORANGE INHERITANCE - Vintage Classics has partnered with The Orange Prize for Fiction to ask six recipients of the Prize which book they would pass onto the next generation ...
Maxwell is the unsung hero of American literature. This is a about the charms and disenchantments of travel.
Maxwell is the unsung hero of American literature. This is a beautifully observed and moving novel about growing up.