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The Sunlight Dialogues by [by] John Gardner. Illus. by John Napper is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Sunlight Dialogues about?

The novel is set in the 1960s in Batavia, New York. It follows Batavia police chief Fred Clumly in his pursuit of a magician known as the Sunlight Man, a champion of existential freedom and pre-biblical Babylonian philosophy. As Clumly believes in absolute law, order, justice and a Judeo-Christian world view, the two butt their ideological heads in a number of dialogues, all recorded on audiocassette by Clumly. Each of these two characters attempts to exert power over the other—Clumly with the law behind him and the Sunlight Man with his magic and violence—until they wear down not only each other, but many of the other characters with whom they come into contact. A myriad of side-stories provides background for the plot.

Who reads The Sunlight Dialogues?

Author

[by] John Gardner. Illus. by John Napper

Publisher

Alfred a. Knopf ; [distributed by Random House

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780394471440

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction

Rating

3.95 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13