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Books by Robert Stone
Fun with Problems
- Hardcover, 195 pages
The Quiet American
- Paperback, 180 pages
NPR stories about Robert Stone
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Our Basest Desires: The Cruel Chaos Of Revolution
September 21, 2011 Robert Stone's characters fall all over the moral spectrum, but between a revolutionary nun, a treacherous spy and an alienated anthropologist, they certainly make for good reading. Author Roland Merullo recommends Stone's A Flag for Sunrise, a rich depiction of Central America in the turbulent '70s.
Author Interviews
Writer Robert Stone Relives Counterculture Years
August 12, 2011 Award-winning novelist Robert Stone hung out for many years with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. He recounts the group's cross-country road trips and experiences taking hallucinogenic drugs in his memoir, Prime Green.
Critics' Lists: Summer 2010
Fiction, Long And Short, For Summertime Escapes
June 14, 2010 Whether you're vacationing for a week or a weekend, Alan Cheuse has a fiction recommendation to fit. Novels from Jennifer Egan and Laurence Gonzales for your weeklong escapes; a novella from Ann Beattie for those three-day getaways; and stories from Robert Stone for all you day-trippers.
Book Reviews
Dark Humor, Imperfect Men And Unhappy Endings
January 14, 2010 None of the characters in Fun with Problems, the latest collection from National Book Award-winning author Robert Stone, make it through their story unscathed.
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The Disquieting Resonance of 'The Quiet American'
April 21, 2008 Can we learn from our past mistakes? Pico Iyer finds modern meaning in Graham Greene's novel about a naive American who arrives in a foreign place full of ideas about democracy, and how he can teach an ancient culture a better, "American" way of doing things.
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A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.
