Chronicles the life of Lucky Luciano, detailing mobster's involvement in the New York underworld from his early days as a hit man, discussing how his reputation was a facade maintained by government agents, and revealing what Luciano did and did not do to help the Allies during World War II.
Minter draws on varied materials including Faulkner's essays, interviews, published and unpublished letters, as well as his poems, stories and novels, to illuminate the close relationship between his flawed life and his artistic achievement.
A biography of American author William Faulkner that draws from memoirs, letters, and interviews with his daughter and lovers and examines the ways that his life shaped the world of his fiction.
Presents sixty years of literary criticism on the works of William Faulkner including his influence on critics, writers, and literature students and examines how his work reflected the social changes that occurred over six decades.