Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns

Name: Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns
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By David Margolick

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American author John Horne Burns (1916-1953) led a brief and controversial life, and as a writer, transformed many of his darkest experiences into literature. Burns was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Andover and Harvard, and went on to teach English at the Loomis School, a boarding school for boys in Windsor, Connecticut. During World War II, he was stationed in Africa and Italy, and worked mainly in military intelligence. His first novel, The Gallery (1947), based on his wartime experiences, is a critically acclaimed novel and one of the first to unflinchingly depict gay life in the military. The Gallery sold half a million copies upon publication, but never again would Burns receive that kind of critical or popular attention. Dreadful follows Burns, from his education at the best schools to his final years of drinking and depression in Italy. With intelligence and insight, David Margolick examines Burns's moral ambivalence toward the behavior of American soldiers stationed with him in Naples, and the scandal surrounding his second novel, Lucifer with a Book, an unflattering portrayal of his experiences at Loomis.

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Number of Pages:: 382
Release Date:: 2013-06-04
Publication Date:: 2013-06-04
Publisher:: OTHER PR LLC
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1590515714
ISBN13:: 9781590515716
Weight:: 719 g
Height:: 164 cm
Width:: 236 cm
Thickness:: 38 cm

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