Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone

by Madison Smartt Bell

Book Overview

The first and definitive biography of one of the great American novelists of the postwar era, the author of Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise, and a penetrating critic of American power, innocence, and corruption

Robert Stone (1937-2015), probably the only postwar American writer to draw favorable comparisons to Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, and Joseph Conrad, lived a life rich in adventure, achievement, and inner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385541600
• ISBN13: 9780385541602
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"