Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns

by David Margolick

Book Overview

American author John Horne Burns (1916-1953) led a brief and controversial life, and as a writer, transformed many of his darkest experiences into literature. Burns was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Andover and Harvard, and went on to teach English at the Loomis School, a boarding school for boys in Windsor, Connecticut. During World War II, he was stationed in Africa and Italy, and worked mainly in military intelligence. His first novel,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590515714
• ISBN13: 9781590515716
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.7"