Robert Polito

Broschiertes Buch

Savage Art

A Biography of Jim Thompson

Beschreibung

Robert Polito recounts Thompson's relationship with his father, a disgraced Oklahoma sheriff, with the women he adored in life and murdered on the page, with alcohol, would-be censors, and Hollywood auteurs. Unrelenting and empathetic, casting light into the darker caverns of our collective psyche, Savage Art is an exemplary homage to an American original. A National Book Critics Circle Award winner. 57 photos.

Autor

Robert Polito is a poet, essayist, and critic whose works include Hollywood & God and Doubles. Additionally, his critical works include A Reader’s Guide to James Merrill’s The Changing Light at Sandover and At the Titan’s Breakfast: Three Essays on Byron’s Poetry. Polito has served as president of the Poetry Foundation and hosts a radio show aimed at showcasing emerging poets called PoetryNow.

Produktdetails

• Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Verlag: Random House
• Seitenzahl: 562
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 128mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9780679733522
• ISBN-10: 0679733523
• Artikelnr.: 22008518