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Robert Anthony Stone (August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015) was an American novelist, journalist, and college professor. He was five times a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, which he did receive in 1975 for his novel Dog Soldiers.
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Apr 18, 2020 · Robert Stone was one of those novelists who try to wrap their arms around America itself. His career spanned almost 50 years, but he never really stopped writing about the ’60s and their...
Robert Stone was an American author of fiction about individuals in conflict with the decaying late 20th-century Western societies in which they live. Stone served in the U.S. Navy before attending New York (1958–59) and Stanford (1962–64) universities. He wrote advertising copy and newspaper.
Dog Soldiers is a novel by Robert Stone, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1974. The story features American journalist John Converse, a Vietnam correspondent during the war, Merchant Marine sailor Ray Hicks, Converse's wife Marge, and their involvement in a heroin deal gone bad.
Jan 20, 2015 · The novelist Robert Stone, who died January 10th, once described his subject as “America and Americans.” He could have added, “going to pieces.”
Jan 11, 2015 · NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Stone, the award-winning novelist who spun out tales of seekers, frauds and other misbegotten American dreamers in such works as “A Flag for Sunrise” and “Dog Soldiers,” died Saturday at age 77.
Jan 8, 2008 · Building on personal vignettes from Robert Stone's travels across America, the legendary novelist offers not only a riveting and powerful memoir but also an unforgettable inside perspective on a unique moment in American history.
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Jan 11, 2015 · Robert Stone, the National Book Award-winning author whose globe-spanning, often socially charged novels delved into his characters’ despair with bleak humor, has died at age 77. The cause...
Remembering Robert Stone. Roxana Robinson. When I first read Robert Stone’s work I was struck by the beauty of the sentences. That’s the way a writer reads, listening to cadence and rhythm and beauty, and that’s what first draws your respect and attention.
