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

English · Hardback

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Zusatztext 77561096 Informationen zum Autor David Margolick is the author of five books, including Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song (Harper Perennial, 2001), Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling and a World on the Brink (Vintage, 2006), and Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock (Yale University Press, 2011). He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a Loomis School alum. Klappentext 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! The Gallery (1947)! based on his wartime experiences! is a critically acclaimed novel and one of the first to unflinchingly depict gay life in the military. The Gallery sold half a million copies upon publication! but never again would Burns receive that kind of critical or popular attention. Dreadful follows Burns! from his education at the best schools to his final years of drinking and depression in Italy. With intelligence and insight! David Margolick examines Burns's moral ambivalence toward the behavior of American soldiers stationed with him in Naples! and the scandal surrounding his second novel! Lucifer with a Book! an unflattering portrayal of his experiences at Loomis. Zusammenfassung 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! The Gallery (1947)! based on his wartime experiences! is a critically acclaimed novel and one of the first to unflinchingly depict gay life in the military. The Gallery sold half a million copies upon publication! but never again would Burns receive that kind of critical or popular attention.   Dreadful follows Burns! from his education at the best schools to his final years of drinking and depression in Italy. With intelligence and insight! David Margolick examines Burns’s moral ambivalence toward the behavior of American soldiers stationed with him in Naples! and the scandal surrounding his second novel! Lucifer with a Book ! an unflattering portrayal of his experiences at Loomis. ...

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Authors David Margolick
Publisher Other press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 04.06.2013
 
EAN 9781590515716
ISBN 978-1-59051-571-6
No. of pages 400
Dimensions 170 mm x 235 mm x 35 mm
Subject Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies

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