Thomas Keith
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook ; 1105
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Christmas 1982: Cornelius and Bella McCorkle of Pascagoula, Mississippi, return one stormy midnight from the funeral of their older son to a house and a life literally falling apart--daughter Joanie is in an asylum and their younger son Charlie is upstairs having sex with his pregnant, holy-roller girlfriend as the McCorkles enter. In this dark, expressionistic comedy, what he called his "Southern Gothic Spook Sonata," Williams brilliantly chronicles...
Author
Series
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the unlikely yet enduring literary and personal relationship of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin. Their story provides a window into the literary history of the mid-twentieth century and reveals the struggles of a great artist, supported in his endeavors by the publisher he considered a true friend." --