Robert Stone
American novelist whose dark, morally complex fiction explored political and spiritual crisis in Vietnam, Central America, and the American counterculture. Dog Soldiers won the National Book Award. He was one of the great writers of American political fiction.
Works
- Dog SoldiersAmerican soldiers become drug smugglers in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War
- A Hall of MirrorsA corrupt cop and his partner navigate New Orleans during the Mardi Gras chaos
- A Flag for SunriseA nun and a soldier become entangled in Central American political violence
- Damascus GateAn American scholar becomes lost in Jerusalem's religious and political complexities
- Outerbridge ReachAn ambitious sailor undertakes a solo voyage, confronting obsession and danger