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The Young Apollo and Other Stories

The Young Apollo and Other Stories( )
Author: Auchincloss, Louis
ISBN:978-0-618-55115-6
Publication Date:Apr 2006
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $24.00
Book Description:

An evocative and elegant collection of new stories from an American master. Bringing together twelve previously unpublished pieces, The Young Apollo and Other Stories sparkles with Auchincloss's singular style, and, like East Side Story, his most recent book, reveals in precise, aphoristic prose "not only the textures of this world but also its elemental and evolving truths" (New York Times). From Edwardian garden parties to the Manhattan demimonde of the 1970s,...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.63 Inches
Book Weight:0.86 Pounds
Author Biography
Auchincloss, Louis (Author)
Louis Auchincloss was born on September 27, 1917 in New York. He attended Groton College and Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years during World War ll. A practicing attorney, Auchincloss wrote his first novel, "The Indifferent Children," in 1947 under the pseudonym Andrew Lee, establishing a dual career as a successful lawyer and writer.

Born into a socially prominent family, Auchincloss generally writes about society's upper class. Strong family connections, well-bred manners, and corporate boardrooms are subject matter in such novels as "Portrait in Brownstone" and "I Come As a Thief." He has also written several biographical and critical works on such notable writers as Edith Wharton and Henry James.

Auchincloss was President of the Museum of the City of New York.

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