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  • The Violated

    A Novel

    by Vance Bourjaily ...
    "One of the very few good, ambitious and important novels to have been done by the writers of my generation." —Norman MailerThe lives of four Americans born between the world wars are intertwined to devastating effect in this gripping novel from one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed authors.Beautiful, sad Ellen Beniger; her younger brother, Tom, a scholar unhappily moonlighting as a TV ... Read more

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  • Confessions of a Spent Youth

    A Novel

    by Vance Bourjaily ...
    In this masterwork of confessional literature, a man approaching middle age recalls his impetuous youth with fondness, remorse, and astonishmentSpanning the years 1939 to 1946, this is the story of a defining era in one man's life and an exhilarating tribute to the entire generation that came of age during World War II.Quince's youthful adventures begin with his first sexual encounter, a night ... Read more

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  • Brill Among the Ruins

    A Novel

    by Vance Bourjaily ...
    An American man goes searching for himself in the ruins of Mexico in a novel that "deserves comparison with the best novels of the post-war generation" ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch).At the start of this vibrant and invigorating novel, Robert Brill has a farm, a law practice, a daughter in high school, a son fighting in Vietnam, and a wife who deep dives into the sherry bottle every night. What more ... Read more

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  • The End of My Life

    A Novel

    by Vance Bourjaily ...
    Vance Bourjaily's classic novel of World War II dramatizes an entire generation's loss of innocenceWhen Thomas "Skinner" Galt leaves Greenwich Village to volunteer as an ambulance driver with the British Army, he anticipates the adventure of a lifetime. What he fails to understand is that no matter where he comes from or how many books he has read, once he dons a military uniform, his life will ... Read more

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  • The Last Carousel

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    by Nelson Algren ...
    The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren's lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren's beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren's intensity ... Read more

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  • The High Window

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    **From a New York Times–bestselling author: A widowed father finds an unexpected romance when his two tenacious daughters unite him with their new nanny.Jordan Long has serious issues with the attractive young live-in nanny his aunt hired while he was away on business. He specifically requested a more experienced, matronly woman to take care of his two young daughters, and Kathleen Darrow is an ... Read more

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