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Author: William Styron

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  • : $22.99 NZD
  • : 9780099285571
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : 01 April 2001
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  • : William Styron
  • : Vintage Classics Ser.
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780099285571
9780099285571

Description

With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery.

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'Tremendous writing - honest and illuminating' Victoria Glendinning, New York Times

Author description

Born at Newport News, Virginia, in 1925, William Styron was educated at Duke University. He served in the Marine Corps during the last war, and was recalled to service during the Korean War. After 1952, he lived mainly in Europe, before settling in a rural part of Connecticut.