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

Bob Levin

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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

Chast. Theories of Everything; Goldfein. The Black Wife; Vollman. Europe Central; Hernandez. The Death of Speedy (2nd time); Beford. A Visit to Don Octavio; DeMott, ed. First of the Year: 2009..

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Synopsis:

Explores the byways and back roads of creative genius in as off-beat a collection of characters this side of a carnival midway.

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Original Publish Date:

April 1, 2005

Formats and associated ISBNs:

1-56097-631-4

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Paperback

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