Books by Don Carpenter
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English
review 1: Touches of Genet (gay sex when you're down and out), Carver (Pacific Northwest alcoholism), Dreiser (the brutalities that come with the American class structure, and how its fluidity seems to emphasize your fuckedness), this is more or less what I've come to expect from decent Am...
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English
review 1: The sad and very poignant story of Jack Levitt, who starts his life in an orphanage and struggles his whole life to rise above the hand that fate has dealt him. It's not a pretty story contained within these pages. It deals with the down and out, the poolhalls the hustlers and s...
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English
review 1: A fascinating look at writers and writing. This novel not only captures the struggles (and occasional triumphs) of the writer, but the many compromises and injuries along the way. Through the central characters, it explores the many ways to be (or try to be) a writer and the many...