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James Salter
James Salter (b. 1925) was a novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Salter grew up in New York City and was a career officer and Air Force pilot until his mid-thirties, when the success of his first novel (The Hunters, 1957) led to a fulltime writing career. Salter's potent, lyrical... show more

James Salter (b. 1925) was a novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Salter grew up in New York City and was a career officer and Air Force pilot until his mid-thirties, when the success of his first novel (The Hunters, 1957) led to a fulltime writing career. Salter's potent, lyrical prose has earned him acclaim from critics, readers, and fellow novelists. His novel A Sport and a Pastime (1967) was hailed by the New York Times as "nearly perfect as any American fiction."
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Birth date: June 10, 1925
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Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 5 years ago
TITLE: Phantoms on the Bookshelves AUTHOR: Jacques Bonnet TRANSLATOR: Siân Reynolds DATE PUBLISHED: 2010 ISBN-13: 9781906694586 _____________________________ DESCRIPTION: "This enchanting study on the art of living with books considers how our personal libraries reveal our true nature:...
Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it 9 years ago
40,000 books. Bonnet has 40,000 books in his personal library. At one point he had bookshelves in his bathroom, so he couldn't use the shower and could only run the bath with the window open. He also had bookshelves in his kitchen, so no cooking with strong flavours could be done either. I've be...
Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it 10 years ago
There are some books that you take to immediately, some books that grow on you and some books that simply never go anywhere for you. This was one of them for me. It was well written, and for that reason, I commend it, but for many other reasons, I found it lacking. It was page after page of escapade...
the reader of books
the reader of books rated it 11 years ago
I read half of this and suddenly could read not one page further. I'm not even sure why. I liked Bowman (ish) and there were so many interesting parts! His time in the navy during WWII, post-war America, the literary scene in New York. I just got really bored after he met Christine and it was a chor...
tedweinstein
tedweinstein rated it 12 years ago
This book and its author were ill-served by all the hype that surrounded its publication - just a pleasant, episodic story-of-a-life. Ordinary writing, felt very old-fashioned, like a mid-list novel from the 50s. For a much better novel of this ilk, read William Boyd's ANY HUMAN HEART or Richard Yat...
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