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<p><b>A wry, moving collection of letters from the late J. F. Powers, "a comic writer of genius" (Mary Gordon)</b><br><br>Best known for his 1963 National Book Award–winning novel, <i>Morte D'Urban,</i> and as a master of the short story, J. F. Powers drew praise from Evelyn Waugh, Flannery O'Connor, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth, among others. Though Powers's fiction dwelt chiefly on the lives of Catholic priests, he long planned to write a novel of family life, a feat he never accomplished. He
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- Author
- J. F. Powers [Powers, J. F.]
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374268060
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Literary Collections
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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