000			01988cam a22003858i 4500
001			on1029771252
003			OCoLC
005			20181210003016.0
008			180319s2018 txua b s001 0beng c
010			_a 2018012653
040			_aTxU/DLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dOCLCO _dBDX _dOCLCQ _dOCLCF _dIKM _dIGA _dCGP _dQQ3 _dOCLCO _dNFG
019			_a1029887345
020			_a9781477317365 _q(cloth ; _qalk. paper)
020			_a1477317368
035			_a(OCoLC)1029771252 _z(OCoLC)1029887345
042			_apcc
092			_aWilliams J. _bS555
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aShields, Charles J., _d1951- _eauthor. _989359
245	1	4	_aThe man who wrote the perfect novel : _bJohn Williams, Stoner, and the writing life / _cCharles J. Shields.
250			_aFirst English-language edition.
263			_a1811
264		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c2018.
300			_axii, 305 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPart 1. Nothing But the Night -- He comes from Texas -- "Ho, ho! wasn't I the character then?" -- Rough draft -- Key West -- Alan swallow -- Love -- Part 2. Butcher's Crossing -- The Winters Circle -- "Natural liars are the best writers" -- Butcher's Crossing -- Fiasco -- Part. 3. Stoner -- "It was that kind of world" -- "The Williams affair" -- Stoner -- Part 4. Augustus -- Bread loaf and "up on the hill" -- The good guys -- "Long life to the emperor!" -- Part 5. The Sleep of Reason -- Poem : "An old actor to his audience" -- "How can such a son of a bitch have such talent?" -- In extremis -- Epilogue. John Williams redux.
600	1	0	_aWilliams, John, _d1922-1994. _9320317
600	1	0	_aWilliams, John, _d1922-1994. _tStoner. _9380003
650		0	_aAuthors, American _y20th century _vBiography. _97656
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c282567 _d282567