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About the Author

Henry William Hoffman was born in Charleston, West Virginia on May 16, 1925. He attended the Kentucky Military Institute before entering the U.S. Army in September 1943. He served as a medic in the Normandy campaign and at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. He was discharged in February mostrar mais 1946. He received a bachelor's degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1949. He studied law at Washington and Lee University, but quit after the publication of his first short story in 1950. He studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for one year. After working in Washington, D.C., for the Evening Star newspaper and for the U.S. Department of Defense, and then in New York City for Chase National Bank, Hoffman returned to Hampden-Sydney. He taught at the college from 1952 until 1959 and was the writer-in-residence from 1966 until his retirement in 1973. He was the author of fourteen novels, four short-story collections, and two plays. His novels included The Trumpet Unblown, Days in the Yellow Leaf, The Dark Mountains, Yancey's War, Godfires, Wild Thorn, and Lies. His first collection of short stories, Virginia Reels, was published in 1978. His plays included The Love Touch and The Spirit in Me. He won the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature in 1992, the O. Henry Prize in 1996, and the Dashiell Hammett Award in 1999 for Tidewater Blood. He died on September 13, 2009 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de William Hoffman

Tidewater Blood (1998) 90 cópias
Blood and Guile (2000) 39 cópias
Wild Thorn (2002) 34 cópias
Godfires (1985) 8 cópias
Lies (2005) 6 cópias
By land, by sea : stories (1988) 6 cópias
Furors Die (1990) 5 cópias
Doors: Stories (1999) 5 cópias
A Place for my Head. (1960) 2 cópias
Follow me home : short stories (1994) 1 exemplar(es)
A death of dreams (1973) 1 exemplar(es)
Walk to the River (1972) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Contribuinte — 32 cópias
The Best American Short Stories 1975 (1975) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
A Portrait of Southern Writers: Photographs (2000) — Contribuinte — 13 cópias

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I kept trying to reject this book. It didn't look that interesting and what I had read about it sounded like it wasn't going to be. In the beginning, the plot wasn't even that interesting but something would not let me put it down. I don't know what it was but I do know it was a great read. Charley LeBlanc was born a half century ago with a silver spoon in his mouth which he spit out early and legitimately earned the label black sheep. But he was not behind the blast that blew up his family - no matter what the local sheriff thinks.… (mais)
 
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susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 |
Walter (Raff) Frampton, Drake Wingo and Cliff Dickens haven been best friends since grade school. Now men in their 30's, the three get together whenever possible and when Drake suggests a grouse hunt at his cabin in West Virginia the friends quickly agree to the weekend vacation. A fourth man, Wendell Ripley, who owns the land on which they are hunting, accompanies the group for the first time. During the hunt a terrible accident occurs when Cliff accidently shoots and kills Wendell. The local police believe that there is more to the incident than what Cliff is telling them and within a few days Cliff is arrested for murder. He calls on Raff, a lawyer, to help defend him but Raff senses there is a secret between Drake and Cliff that is behind the entire hunt. Raff is forced to investigate the lives of his two best friends and he uncovers much more than he bargained for.

This is a well-developed mystery with a good plot and some great writing. I didn't figure it out until the end and it was a pretty good reveal.
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Ellen_R | Jan 15, 2016 |

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