Nothing But the Night: John Williams - Softcover

Williams, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784873993 ISBN 13: 9781784873998

Publisher: Vintage Classics, 2018

Synopsis

Arthur Maxley is a tense and listless young man. One day he receives a letter from his long-estranged father. Arthur's fear and aversion to the man is powerful, yet his compulsion to see his father is irresistible. After their meeting, Arthur is propelled into a night of drinking and spontaneous intimacy with a beautiful young woman. But as the memories of childhood trauma surface and disorientate, Arthur's night out rises towards the pitch of disaster.

About this title

Book Description:

The first novel by the brilliant John Williams, author of Stoner

About the Author:

John Williams was an author, editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas, he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in China, Burma and India. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948. After receiving his PhD in 1954, Williams returned to the University of Denver where he first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that he wrote the novels Butcher's Crossing (1960) and Stoner (1965). His last novel, Augustus, won the National Book Award in 1973. John Williams died in Arkansas in 1994.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1784873993
• ISBN 13: 9781784873998
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128