4.5
Acceptable Losses
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Irwin Shaw’s gripping final novel about a mysterious phone call that threatens to derail a man’s life
Roger Damon is a literary agent at the top of his field, but with one anonymous phone call, his life begins to unravel. The caller demands a meeting and threatens Roger with outing past transgressions. To identify the mysterious harasser, Roger reexamines his life and searches for clues in past successes and failures. But each new lead brings greater danger—for him and his family and friends. Soon, Damon realizes that if he doesn’t find his tormentor, his tormentor will most certainly find him.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
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“Out of all the books Irwin Shaw has written, this one is by far the wildest one I've read. Quite a few times while reading I wondered what demons must have been haunting mr. Shaw for him to write a disturbing book such as this one. The hospital scenes were especially terrifying and it came as no surprise that this was his last finished novel.
Damon was the typical Irwin Shaw male protagonist with a weird addition of having an exaggerated notice of race. Why it was so important to know whether a person was black or not, I cannot tell but it was not in his style and it felt weird, to say the least.
Nevertheless, it was an interesting read into a man who was perhaps struggling with his mortality and trying to make sense of life and death the best way he knew how - he was a brilliant writer, after all. I'm glad I read his last book, but it is far from my favorite of his works, which I typically love.”
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Owlish 🦉🐈⬛🐈⬛🐕☕️
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About Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw (1913–1984) was an acclaimed, award-winning author who grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1934. His first play, Bury the Dead (1936), has become an anti-war classic. He went on to write several more plays, more than a dozen screenplays, two works of nonfiction, dozens of short stories (for which he won two O. Henry awards), and twelve novels, including The Young Lions (1948) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970). William Goldman, author of Temple of Gold and Marathon Man, says of Shaw: “He is one of the great storytellers and a pleasure to read.” For more about Shaw’s life and work, visit www.irwinshaw.org.
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