Erwin H. Ford

George V. Higgins

The Life and Writings

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786494750
• ISBN-10: 0786494751
• Artikelnr.: 40457220

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Peter Wolfe Preface 1.
Strange Faiths and Cruelties 2.
Cutting Up Animals in the Basement 3.
Nobody Gets Writer's Block 4.
Double Eagle 5.
Let Us Go Forward Together 6.
A Ruthless Fidelity 7.
The Vox Americana 8.
Maximum John 9.
The Lit'ry Life 10.
Whack Him Another Fee 11.
Hub Man 12.
The Mothers 13.
That Scurvy Mob 14.
A Paucity of Decorum 15.
My Lost Duchess 16.
A Great Swaggering Bear 17.
On the Other Side Is the Abyss Afterword Chapter Notes Bibliography Index