Barry Gifford Prolific Northern Californian author of various genres who's equally at home in Hollywood

Gifford’s drifters, grifters and the down and out

Date of Review: 
04/27/2003
Reviewer: 
David Hellman
Source: 
San Francisco Chronicle

Review Excerpt:

Gifford has been the master of hip disenfranchisement for more than a quarter of a century, and American literature is much better for his efforts. ... Gifford has established a prolific body of work, as the collection The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room shows.