← Frederick ExleyPages from a Cold Islandby Frederick ExleyAutobiographical essays of depression and literary ambitionFind on Amazon↗About the authorFrederick ExleyFrederick Exley wrote A Fan's Notes, one of the great American confessional novels, a memoir-novel of failure, alcoholism, and obsessive fandom told with savage honesty. It found a cult following that elevated it to classic status.More by Frederick ExleyA Fan's NotesAutofictional novel of obsessed fan and professional failure in America→Last Notes from HomeMemoir of writer's struggle with depression and creative decline→