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America’s Best Unknown Writer
The letters of William Gaddis
The Letters of William Gaddis
edited by Steven Moore, with an afterword by Sarah Gaddis
October 10, 2013 issue
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Jonathan Raban’s books include Surveillance, My Holy War, Arabia, Old Glory, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, Bad Land, Passage to Juneau, and Waxwings. His most recent book is Driving Home: An American Journey, published in 2011. He is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Heinemann Award of the Royal Society of Literature, the PEN/West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, and the Governor’s Award of the State of Washington. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Independent. He lives in Seattle.
America’s Best Unknown Writer
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The Letters of William Gaddis
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October 10, 2013 issue
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