All We Need of Hell
by Harry Crews
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A man whose life is coming apart at the seams finds hope from an unlikely source.Tags
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This is not one of Crew's best novels, but it is somewhat of a transitional novel between his witty and hard-hitting early works and his more "love-filled" (hey! that's not me; it's the New York Times!) works. This is the first of his "second generation" of novels, as it were. Duffy Deter, Marvela, Tump, and Jerq are plastic versions of earlier roles, and it almost seems that Harry was doing something he did when he first began to write. He often says he took a Graham Greene novel and rewrote it, using other names and clauses to meet his structure. "It didn't work well," he said. Well, maybe he tried that manner of writing for this tome, and it doesn't work all that well, either. Don't get me wrong. At his worst, he is good.
Um, yeah. No.
The best of Harry's novels.
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Harry Crews was born in Alma, Georgia on June 7, 1935. He served three years in the Marines then entered the University of Florida on the G.I. Bill. He received a bachelor's degree in literature in 1960, followed by a master's in education. He taught at Broward Community College and wrote copy for Nelson Boswell's radio show Challenge the show more Response. His first novel, The Gospel Singer, was published in 1968. His other works include Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit, Car, The Hawk Is Dying, The Gypsy's Curse, A Feast of Snakes, The Knockout Artist, Scar Lover, and Celebration. He also wrote a memoir entitled A Childhood: The Biography of a Place. He died from complications of neuropathy on March 28, 2012 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- All We Need of Hell
- Original publication date
- 1987
- Important places
- USA; Florida, USA; Alachua County, Florida, USA; Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- 133
- Popularity
- 245,550
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.87)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
