(028335) West, James L. W. William Styron: A Life. New York: Random House, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 506 pages. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Red remainder dot on bottom edges. B&W Photographs. Signed by the Author on title page. Biography of a US novelist. Educated at Duke University, Styron became part of the American expatriate community in Paris in the 1950s. His first novel, Lie Down in Darkness (1951) , tells of a disturbed young woman who commits suicide. His fourth, the controversial Confessions of Nat Turner (1967, Pulitzer Prize) , vividly evokes the slavery era. His later work includes Sophie's Choice (1979) , examining ramifications of the Holocaust; and Darkness Visible (1990) , a nonfiction account of his depression. His works often treat violent themes in a rich, Faulknerian style ISBN: 0679410546 (Styron, William, Novelists)
