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Robert Stone Stone

AmericanAugust 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015Literary Fiction

Robert Stone was one of the most powerful American novelists of his generation, writing intense moral dramas of Americans in extremis—in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Jerusalem, and New Orleans. Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise are his finest achievements.

Works

  • A Hall of MirrorsNew Orleans carnival becomes backdrop for crime, lust, and corruption→
  • Dog SoldiersHeroin smuggling across Southeast Asia amid betrayal and violence→
  • A Flag for SunriseAmerican woman confronts political violence and personal apocalypse in Central America→
  • Children of LightColonial Virginia settlers confront moral darkness and environmental destruction→
  • Damascus GateAmerican businessman navigates religious obsession and political turmoil in Jerusalem→

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