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Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937) is an American novelist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. Among his honors and recognition are the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1994) and fellowships of the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy in Berlin (2007), and the Guggenheim Foundation. His younger brother Tobias Wolff is also an award-winning writer. Biography Geoffrey Wolff was born in Hollywood, California, as the first son to "Duke" Arthur Samuels and Rosemary (née Loftus) Wolff. He is the older brother of the novelist and memoirist Tobias Wolff. Their parents separated when Geoffrey was twelve, his brother living with their mother, and Geoffrey with their father; their parents eventually divorced. He has described the adventure of his upbringing with his father on the East Coast in an acclaimed memoir, The Duke of Deception (1979), which was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. (Tobias has treated with similar candor his own years with their mother in a memoir, This Boy's Life, published in 1989.) Geoffrey Wolff was educated at the Choate School, graduating in 1955; at Princeton, graduating summa cum laude in 1960; and at Churchill College, Cambridge University. He has taught at Robert College (now Boğaziçi University) in Istanbul, Turkey; at Princeton, and at the University of California, Irvine. There he was professor of English and comparative literature and, from 1995 to 2006, director of the influential Graduate Fiction Program. He has also been a book editor at the Washington Post and at Newsweek. Wolff is the author of six novels; biographies of Harry Crosby, John O'Hara, and Joshua Slocum; a volume of essays, and other works of non-fiction in several genres. He has edited a selection of Edward Hoagland's writings. He lives in Bath, Maine, with his wife Priscilla. Partial bibliography Novels Bad Debts (1969) The Sightseer (1974) Inklings (1977) Providence (1985) The Final Club (1990), set at Princeton University (ISBN 978-0394578200) The Age of Consent (1995) Non-fiction The Edge of Maine (2005), a travel portrait The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father (1979), a memoir A Day at the Beach: Recollections (1992), essays Biographies Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby (1976) The Art of Burning Bridges: A Life of John O'Hara (2003) The Hard Way Around: The Passages of Joshua Slocum (2010) As editor The Edward Hoagland Reader (1979) References External links Profile at University of California, Irvine. Discover the Geoffrey Wolff popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Geoffrey Wolff books.
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The Stolen Crown
Carol McGrath'A superb book, illuminating a fascinating and turbulent era. It is the figure of Matilda who rightly commanded the stage in all her power and complexity' Nicola Cornick'Packed wit...
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THE ROSE TRILOGY
Carol McGrathThree glorious gripping novels formerly known as The SheWolves trilogy, now all in one volume for the first time as THE ROSE TRILOGY'Here is a novelist at ease with her subject. ...
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A Day at the Beach
Geoffrey WolffWith these interwoven autobiographical essays, Geoffrey Wolff, author of the acclaimed The Duke of Deception, recounts the moral (and immoral) education of a writer, friend, husban...
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Supermen
Gardner DozoisMindexpanding explorations of the future of the human formOur bodies and minds are malleable, and only the imagination is the limit to the possible improvements. From genetics to a...
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Hazard
Margaret CombsHazard is a poignant, unflinching memoir of the emotional intricacies of growing up with a severely disabled sibling. Margaret Combs shows how her Southern Baptist family coped wit...
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Shelf Life
Gideon HaighFew journalists exemplify the creed ‘without fear or favour’ like Gideon Haigh. Shelf Life selects from twentyone years of writing on myriad subjects by one of our clearest thinker...
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Modern American Memoirs
Annie Dillard"[In] this anthology of wellchosen excerpts by a satisfyingly diverse group of writers....the truth of their lives shines from every beautifully, often courageously composed page."...
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The Complete Fables
Aesop & Olivia TempleAesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations, and relied on animal stories to put ac...
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London Bridges
James PattersonAlex Cross must face the world's most dangerous agents, criminals, and assassins. The fate of the world rests in his hands.In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldier...