A Tragic Honesty The Life and Work of Richard Yates by Blake Bailey 2003 St Martins Press Biography books Literary biographies
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2003 Picador Press (St Martins Press imprint). This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Black hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear and feature silver lettering along spine. The accompanying dust jacket is near fine with only very light shelf wear corners/edges. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 671 pages including index.
A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates by Blake Bailey is the first comprehensive biography of the acclaimed American novelist. The book details his brilliant but troubled life which was marked by alcoholism, mental illness, and financial struggles. Ironically, his life mirrored the desperation he masterfully depicted in novels like Revolutionary Road. The book explores how Yates's personal demons, including a difficult childhood and addiction, fueled his "bleak realist" fiction, making his life a tragic, yet compelling, story of a great writer who often fell into obscurity.
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