L. J. Davis (1940–2011)

Auteur de A Meaningful Life

9+ oeuvres 367 utilisateurs 11 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

L. J. Davis is the author of three novels and four works of nonfiction. A prize-winning freelance journalist, he also contributes to a wide range of periodicals including The Daily Deal, Mother Jones, and Harper's. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a winner of the National Magazine Award. He afficher plus lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. afficher moins

Œuvres de L. J. Davis

Populaires Récent

A Meaningful Life (1971) 274 exemplaires

Fleet Fire: Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution (2003) 29 exemplaires

The Billionaire Shell Game: How Cable Baron John Malone and Assorted Corporate Titans Invented a Future Nobody Wanted (1998) 19 exemplaires

Onassis: Aristotle and Christina (1986) 18 exemplaires

Cowboys Don't Cry (1969) 10 exemplaires

Whence All But He Had Fled (1968) 8 exemplaires

Bad money (1982) 5 exemplaires

Walking Small (1974) 3 exemplaires

Dinero quemado : los increibles escándalos financieros de la década de los 70 (1983) 1 exemplaire

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Oeuvres associées

The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Contributeur — 216 exemplaires

An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 131 exemplaires

Étiqueté

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Date de naissance: 1940-07-02
Date de décès: 2011-04-06
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Études: Stanford University
Professions: landlord
journalist
Organisations: Harper's Magazine

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Critiques

A Meaningful Life (New York Review Books Classics) par L.J. Davis

Darkly amusing at first, then it gradually just becomes purely dark. The description of the brownstone Lowell buys is fantastic. Unsatisfying ending.

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nog | 9 autres critiques | Feb 14, 2024 |

Dinero quemado : los increibles escdalos fi… par L. J. Davis

Traster 4 - caixa 5

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AICRAG | Mar 31, 2020 |

A Meaningful Life (New York Review Books Classics) par L. J. Davis

A lively urban farce in the vein of John Kennedy Toole and Charles Portis. A bit meandering, a bit ridiculous, but often absolutely hilarious.

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mrgan | 9 autres critiques | Oct 30, 2017 |

A meaningful life par L. J. Davis

Hilarious, a real very funny novel. Brilliant characterizations and a parade of very weird people. The description of the house Lowell bought in Brooklyn almost matches Dante's Inferno.

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stef7sa | 9 autres critiques | Jan 5, 2017 |

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