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Frederick Exley

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Frederick (Earl) Exley

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Frederick Exley's literary output over some twenty years amounts to only three novels: A Fan's Notes (1968), Pages from a Cold Island (1975), and Last Notes from Home (1988), plus enough magazine art... Read more

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Critical Essay by Derek Mahon

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Critical Essay by Derek Mahon [A Fan's Notes is] a work of depth and seriousness—a moving, richly humorous record of humiliation and perseverance. Perhaps only in tightrope America, wher... Read more

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Critical Essay by Stanley Reynolds As a work of art [A Fan's Notes] is rambling, unclear, repetitious, and written in that curious overblown American style exemplified by the now famous remark ... Read more

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Critical Essay by Ronald De Feo A Fan's Notes is both a funny and a sad book, exploring the American obsession with "making it." It contains some splendid writing, a host of memor... Read more

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Critical Essay by C. Barry Chabot While Frederick Exley's A Fan's Notes envisions a culture every bit as inhumane as we find elsewhere in contemporary fiction, his novel represents a sig... Read more

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