A fan's notes a fictional memoir
Main Author: | Exley, Frederick. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
NY:
Vintage Books,
1988.
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Physical Description: |
385 p. |
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ISBN: |
9780679720768 0679720766 |
Author Notes: |
Exley drew heavily on his own life experiences of alcoholism, two broken marriages, a number of sexual encounters, a suicide attempt, and three stays in mental hospitals. The first piece of his trilogy, A Fan's Notes: A Fictional Memoir, was published in 1968 and won the William Faulkner Award. His other works included Pages from a Cold Island and Last Notes from Home. He died of a stroke on June 17, 1992 at the age of 63. (Bowker Author Biography) |