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John Hawkes

Bio

John Hawkes (1925–1998) was a postmodern novelist born in Stamford, Connecticut, and educated at Harvard University. He was noted for his unconventional style and views on the creation of literature and was admired by Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Saul Bellow, Anthony Burgess, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Donald Barthelme.

John Hawkes Books

Travesty book cover

Travesty

John Hawkes
The Cannibal book cover

The Cannibal

John Hawkes
Death, Sleep & the Traveler book cover

Death, Sleep & the Traveler

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Second Skin book cover

Second Skin

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The Blood Oranges book cover

The Blood Oranges

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The Lime Twig book cover

The Lime Twig

John Hawkes
The Beetle Leg book cover

The Beetle Leg

John Hawkes
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