Havanas in Camelot Personal Essays |
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Author:
| Styron, William |
ISBN: | 978-0-8129-7875-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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After the great success in 1990 of
Darkness Visible, his memoir of depression and recovery, William Styron wrote more frequently in an introspective, autobiographical mode.
Havanas in Camelot brings together fourteen of his personal essays, including a reminiscence of his brief friendship with John F. Kennedy; memoirs of Truman Capote, James Baldwin, and Terry Southern; a meditation on Mark Twain; an account of Styron’s daily walks with his dog; and an evocation of...
More DescriptionAfter the great success in 1990 of Darkness Visible, his memoir of depression and recovery, William Styron wrote more frequently in an introspective, autobiographical mode. Havanas in Camelot brings together fourteen of his personal essays, including a reminiscence of his brief friendship with John F. Kennedy; memoirs of Truman Capote, James Baldwin, and Terry Southern; a meditation on Mark Twain; an account of Styron’s daily walks with his dog; and an evocation of his summer home on Martha’s Vineyard. These essays, which reveal a reflective and humorous side of Styron’s nature, make possible a fuller assessment of this enigmatic man of American letters.