Nothing But the Night
$21.79
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2018
Summary
The first novel by the brilliant John Williams, author of Stoner.
Arthur Maxley is a tense and listless young man. One day he receives a letter from his long-estranged father. Arthur’s fear and aversion to the man is powerful, yet his compulsion to see his father is irresistible. After their meeting, Arthur is propelled into a night of drinking and spontaneous intimacy with a beautiful young woman. But as the memories of childhood trauma surface and disorientate, Arthur’s nig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784873998 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784873993 |
| Author: | John Williams |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 98g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 8mm |
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About The Author
John Williams
John Williams was an author, editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas, he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in China, Burma and India. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948. After receiving his PhD in 1954, Williams returned to the University of Denver where he first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that he wrote the novels Butcher’s Crossing (1960) and Stoner (1965). His last novel, Augustus, won the National Book Award in 1973. John Williams died in Arkansas in 1994.
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