Bob Levin "Lurid and fascinating... loathsome (and)... compelling." UTNE Reader

photo credit: Budd Shenkin

Author Biography

Bob Levin was born in Philadelphia March 14, 1942. Since 1968, he has lived in Berkeley with his wife Adele, a writer and retired psychotherapist. An attorney, he has represented the injured in workers' compensation cases for more than 35 years.
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Influences

Starting out, Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Chandler. Currently, Joan Didion and Janet Malcolm -- and Will Cuppy for the footnotes.

Favorite Books

A Man With a Maid (vol 1-3); Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees; Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, The Recognitions.

Favorite Authors

Aside from "Influences," Flannery O'Connor, A.J. Liebling, and Elmore Leonard.

What I'm Reading

The Cage;And the Band Played On; Black Girl, White Girl; American Prometheus; A Berlin Requiem.

Last Scheduled Appearance

by Bob Levin

November 16, 2008, 4:32 pm

I will be selling and signing my books November 29, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the 11th Annual Artisan Faire in the ballroom of the Claremont Hotel, 41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley. Mention Red Room and get a discount.